Latest News Articles by Joan Porter
Four antiques and vintage events in Scotland for summer 2019
22 July 2019Upcoming fairs in Scotland in the spotlight.
Fringe benefits could help Edinburgh fair
22 July 2019The annual Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe which run this year from August 2-26 attract audiences of 400,000-plus visitors to the city.
A fashion never out of fashion
15 July 2019With interest high in vintage clothing, we ask fair organisers for their views on the market.
Out and about at street events in Beccles and Bungay
15 July 2019Focus on two antiques street fairs/markets in Suffolk held in July and August.
Firm’s future looking fine near Exeter
08 July 2019A Taunton antiques company has taken over a long-running local antiques business.
We do like to buy beside the seaside
08 July 2019Two events taking place in the north and south of England offer array of vintage delights
Three markets and fairs in Belgium for summer 2019
08 July 2019A trio of art and antiques events coming up soon in Belgium.
Fair organiser aims to create a cosmopolitan vibe with latest event
01 July 2019As ACVR Events, Jackie Edwards has added another town to her ever-growing list of venues where she holds antiques and vintage markets.
Sister among brothers in arms
01 July 2019The story of a woman who bound her chest with sacking and cotton, cut her hair and dyed her skin using furniture polish to get to the Western Front is one of the highlights at Norwich Book Fair.
Find a bit of Down time at Northern Irish festival
01 July 2019The month-long Open House Festival held throughout August in the seaside town of Bangor in Co Down, kicks off earlier this year on Saturday, July 6, with a big vintage event held by the festival organisers.
Splash out to buy Lakeland vintage
01 July 2019Diane Evans-Taylor is a vintage dealer and runs an upholstery business in the Cumbrian town of Ulverston.
Swallow gives it some Welly
24 June 2019Organiser says expectations are high for new showground fair starting at end of the month.
Show pops up at Hepworth
24 June 2019The Midcentury Modern Show’s pop-up event at the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield on Saturday and Sunday, June 29-30, will feature 32 dealers in Midcentury items.
Pistol fires arms fair interest
24 June 2019This c.1800 flintlock pistol below by James Wilkinson, London, was used on packet ships to protect the General Post Office mail.
The art of the city
24 June 2019Urban Art is London’s largest annual open-air contemporary arts fair, pictured above. It runs every year in July showing 1000-plus pieces of work along the walls and railings on both sides of the tree-lined Josephine Avenue and neighbouring streets in Brixton.
Antiques and vintage village returns within Kent County Show
17 June 2019The annual three-day Kent County Show is a big favourite in the southeast of England and has been held at the Kent County Showground, near Maidstone since 1964.
Antiquities provide a new face for Dorking Halls
17 June 2019Jane Alexander of Dovehouse Fine Antiques Fairs is always pleased to welcome new faces to her antiques fairs at the Dorking Halls in Surrey.
‘Hidden gem’ Buckingham fleamarket marks 25 years
17 June 2019A testimony to its popularity, the small weekly fleamarket in Buckingham has been running for more than 25 years.
East Sussex event back on the farm
17 June 2019A three-day biannual vintage and collectors’ fair held outdoors on a farm near Hailsham in East Sussex is now in its second year. It runs this weekend from Friday to Sunday, June 21-23.
The Ashburton trail begins to grow
17 June 2019Six months ago a small town on the edge of Dartmoor with a population of 4000 launched an antiques trail to promote all 11 of its antiques and vintage shops. Now the Ashburton Antiques Trail includes both the expansion of one of its existing businesses into larger premises and the arrival of a 12th antiques shop.