Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Have you herd? Farming family cultivates curiosities
25 November 2024Four generations of the Bartlett family have farmed Hinton Farm near Yeovil in Somerset.
Huge Flea choice in Somerset
18 November 2024The hubbub that is the Giant Shepton Flea has been run by veteran fair organiser Sue Ede and her family for nearly 25 years.
Seasonal display with a difference at picture gallery
18 November 2024Alan Old of So Last Century fair is going all festive with a two-day seasonal market set to run in Dulwich, south London, at the end of this month.
Cheltenham Racecourse event success leads to second staging
18 November 2024An antiques fair which launched in May at Cheltenham Racecourse got off to such a good start that it is being repeated on Sunday, November 24.
Five attractions in one
18 November 2024The antiques, collectables and decorative arts fairs run by Jackie Edwards of ACVR Events in the centre of the Hampshire town of Romsey involve just one location but five, inside and outside.
Aztec Events hands over reins of Norfolk fair to IACF after 25 years
11 November 2024Organiser IACF is taking over the antiques and collectors’ fairs held for 25 years by the family owned Aztec Events at the Norfolk Showground, a rural location 10 miles west of Norwich.
Kensington Vintage Fair becomes biannual event – and could expand further
11 November 2024Launched in November last year in the spectacular surroundings of the Grade II-Listed St Cuthbert’s Church in London’s Earl’s Court, the first 'Kensington Vintage Fair' chimed so well with buyers that it has gone biannual.
It’s looking good for new shop in bustling Old Town
11 November 2024A shop in the characterful area of the East Sussex town of Hastings known as the Old Town, with deeds that date to 1511, has opened as a small antiques centre.
Christmas PBFA event aims to emulate last year's success
11 November 2024Andrew Saidi, organiser of PBFA’s 'Christmas Book Fair' in London, is confident that this year’s event will be as buoyant as that in 2023.
Catch this fair and be hooked
04 November 2024Plenty of collectors and dealers of vintage angling kit will be on “the riverbanks” as it were as 36 of them stall out with their rods, reels, cased fish, books, art and catalogues at the National Vintage Fishing Tackle Fair on Sunday, November 17.
Midcentury Modern organiser notes cultural fusion trend
04 November 2024Lucy Ryder Richardson is a fan of the Japandi style, a mix of Japanese and Scandinavian pieces in a wabi-sabi meets hygge harmony.
‘Horti’ Frock Me! is fully booked
28 October 2024Inaugural vintage fashion event at fresh Westminster venue offers extra space and will boast 80 dealers
Take a Butcher’s at Tavistock event
28 October 2024The Tavistock Vintage and Salvage Fair takes place in the Devon town’s Butcher’s Hall, next to the Pannier Market, with the next on Saturday, November 23.
Gloucestershire town shop shuts but Fifi’s carries on
28 October 2024The sole antiques and vintage shop which has traded in the Gloucestershire town of Wotton-under-Edge since 2015 is closing its doors after Christmas.
Final Wanstead vintage event of 2024 is coming up
21 October 2024An east London event which the organiser describes as “a vintage fair that’s worth waiting for” is having its fourth outing this year in two halls at its regular spot, the Grade II-listed Wanstead United Reformed Church.
Run the rule over Britannia medal fair
21 October 2024Biannual medals event organised by Mayfair auction house allows standholders to exhibit free of charge
Bowl in to Boule-In for present buying
21 October 2024Buyers planning a Christmas shopping spree might include a trip to Suffolk’s many antiques centres and shops including something unusual: Boule-In’s annual festive decorative event.
Hours of fun and buying opportunity
14 October 2024The ritual of clock-changing is upon us again when British summer time ends on Sunday October 27 and we all get an extra hour in bed.
Last of the Portobello ‘scientists’
14 October 2024Specialist dealer evicted from arcade stays optimistic about a return – and will be at the ‘Horti’ fair
It’s good to get plenty of stick
14 October 2024Derwen Fairs is back among the flora and fauna at the National Botanic Garden of Wales outside Carmarthen for its biannual weekend antiques fair on Saturday and Sunday, November 9-10.