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Are you a ‘big light’ fan or foe? According to various social media posts and newspaper articles last year, there is a move away from the ‘big light’ (in part due to Tik Tok influencers decreeing so) to lamps.

A trio of lots relating to Charles Dickens offered at Chichester saleroom Stride & Son (18% buyer’s premium) included a presentation pocket watch.

Part two of the Creed Collection, a group of top Plymouth and Bristol pieces amassed by a British couple over 25 years, is on offer at London dealership Albert Amor.

Natalie Macgowan-Spencer trades as Vintage Stockroom at Alfies Antique Market in London and specialises in Americana and advertising as well as vintage clothing and memorabilia.

Judy, Lady McAlpine needs more antique and vintage traders to sign up for her vintage festival held in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support at Fawley Hill, near Henley, from Friday to Sunday, May 17-19.

There have been various trends around decorative textiles recently, including a move to curtains from blinds, as well as a desire for wall hangings, rugs and bed covers – any soft furnishing fabric to brighten up the home.

Street traders or costermongers of 1930s-40s London star in Browse & Darby’s current show on Welsh artist Ceri Richards (1903-71).

Memorabilia relating to the Victorian songwriter ‘Claribel’ returned home from Malta to be auctioned in Lincolnshire and were bought by the local museum.

“He stored everything like Russian dolls, everything packed away into something else."

An auction house has existed in the Dore & Rees premises, a Victorian gothic building on Vicarage Street, Frome, since 1868.

Sketches and journal by Emily Eden relate to her life in the UK then journey to the subcontinent