Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
A great hall in west Somerset for varied events
27 May 2019The Great Hall in the privately owned 18th century Grade I-listed Crowcombe Court in the Quantock Hills, west Somerset, near Taunton, is an intricately decorated room which makes it an ideal setting for many events.
Three So Last Century fairs – and another to come
27 May 2019As So Last Century, Alison Davis and Alan Old run vintage fairs at three south London venues: St Dunstan’s College in Catford, the White Eagle Club in Tooting and at Beckenham Place Mansion in Beckenham Place Park.
Fawley Decorative Fair bookings flourish as dealers sign up amid blooming international interest
20 May 2019Bookings are significantly up this year for the Fawley Decorative Fair which is held on the Fawley Hill estate near Henley-on-Thames and runs from Friday to Sunday, May 31-June 2.
Dealers at the centre of annual Norfolk event
20 May 2019Organised by rugs and kilims dealer Malcolm Cannell for the third year, the annual Bayfield Hall Antiques Fair takes place on Sunday, June 9.
Beautiful backdrop to Hertfordshire fair
20 May 2019Sharon Blagrove of Bentleys Fairs will be heading to Hertfordshire this weekend to set up her fifth salvage and vintage fair in the leafy surroundings of Knebworth Park.
Fair organiser Matthew Adams celebrates a special birth
13 May 2019Thirty years ago organiser Matthew Adams launched his antiques fair held at the Royal Horticultural Halls.
Two brocantes coming up in Rutland and Suffolk
13 May 2019Dealers Neil Honor and Jonathon Pegg run Catesbys, an interiors shop, from their home in the village of Exton, Rutland.
Vintage rugs brought from Belgium to Bath fair
13 May 2019Barry Fletcher specialises in vintage rugs and comes over regularly from Belgium to stand at the 50-dealer monthly Bath Vintage & Antiques Market.
Fresh shoots for antiques dealers’ collective Blanchard in Wiltshire
06 May 2019Dealers’ collective now to be run by nearby garden antiques firm after owners retire.
Two specialist vintage fair events in the Midlands on the same day in May
06 May 2019Two upcoming annual specialist fairs both running on Sunday, May 12.
Vintage fair makes it a 10-year fashion statement
06 May 2019The Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair celebrates its 10th anniversary on Sunday, May 12, at the 50-trader summer fair in the sumptuous Art Deco interior of the Freemasons’ Hall in London.
Business brews for antiques dealers at Victorian malthouse in Stroud
06 May 2019A listed Victorian malthouse in Stroud formerly owned by the Whitbread Brewery is home to the Malthouse Collective which also runs fairs.
Decorative Living Fair set for 14th edition
29 April 2019The annual 'Decorative Living Fair' will stage its 14th outing on Friday and Saturday, May 17-18, at the beautiful location of the park near Tunbridge Wells.
Queen's Brian May turns up the stereos
29 April 2019Queen star Brian May is also a huge Victorian photo fan.
Go upmarket at Norwich fleamarket
29 April 2019Holly Graham holds her monthly Upmarket Fleamarket in Norwich on Saturday, May 4.
Extra visitors expected at boat jumble
29 April 2019One of the largest boat jumbles in the UK is likely to attract increased numbers of boat owners, boat lovers and collectors of nauticalia on Sunday, May 12.
Creating a splash as lido becomes popular fair venue
19 April 2019Organisers looking for an unusual spot at which to hold a fair might consider the setting alongside an outdoor swimming pool.
Under starter’s orders: Sunday event launch at Sandown Park Racecourse
19 April 2019Edward Cruttenden of Sunbury Antiques is launching a biannual Sunday antiques market at Sandown Park Racecourse to run alongside the bi-monthly Tuesday market he has held there since a year ago.
Two art and antiques events held for good causes
19 April 2019A country house car boot to raise funds for a newly opened specialist equestrian centre in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, will run at the 800-acre Isle Estate at Bicton near Shrewsbury on Sunday May 12.
Around 70 tables take root at Tree of Ages Antiques Fair in Surrey
19 April 2019Launched two years ago at a Victorian mansion in Surrey by local online antiques dealer David Steel, the Tree of Ages Antiques Fair will be held on Sunday, May 12, at Robert Denholm House in Nutfield.