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PBFA Harrogate fair

Book fair returns to Harrogate hotel for spring event

27 February 2026

The PBFA (Provincial Booksellers and Fairs Association) next event is in Harrogate where the fair returns to The Old Swan Hotel.

Silver swan

Triple celebration for public artworks cataloguer Art UK

26 February 2026

Art UK has a triple celebration: the Art UK platform was launched 10 years ago, it now has catalogued one million artworks and it has appointed a new chairman.

Village School by Robert Tavener

Kent County Council offloads further artworks at auction

26 February 2026

Auction house Sworders is selling a second tranche of artworks consigned by Kent County Council.

Thomas Knifton clock

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a Thomas Knifton lantern clock from c.1660

26 February 2026

ATG Price Reporter brings you a regularly updated selection of auction prices, keeping you on top of the latest market values

PC Webb with antiques dealer Paul Gostelow

Lovejoy episode helps reunite stolen Napoleon altar plaques missing for 12 years

25 February 2026

A 30-year-old episode of the BBC show Lovejoy helped an antiques dealer return two stolen Napoleon Bonaparte III altar plaques that had been taken in 2014 to their former home.

Joshua Reynolds portrait

Reynolds portrait of Princess Diana’s ancestor emerges at Monaco auction

25 February 2026

A portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92) of Lavinia Bingham (1762-1831), Countess Spencer, will be offered at an auction in Monaco next month.

Portobello Road Market

Antiques dealers speak out over Kensington council’s plans for Portobello Road improvements

24 February 2026

Kensington and Chelsea council has announced a £4.4m plan for Portobello Road to “improve safety, accessibility, flood resilience, lighting and greenery”.