THE ANTIQUARIAN | Billed as the world’s greatest museum of art and design, the V&A museum houses more than four and a half million objects. I visit this museum every time I am in London and am always impressed by the various specialist exhibitions that they put on. Elkington silver claret jug available from The […]
THE ANTIQUARIAN | ‘Masterpiece London 2013’ is rated as the top fair in the summer season. Roy Lichtenstein Puzzle Portrait 1978 Image courtesy of Geoffrey Diner Gallery Every market has its leaders and the world of antiques is no different. Opening on 27 June and running until 3 July ‘Masterpiece London 2013’ is rated as the top […]
THE ANTIQUARIAN | Our resident antiques expert tells us about ’50 Shades of Silver’… I have decided to write a book – I am going to call it ’50 Shades of Silver’ and it will cover all you need to know when you have to polish saucy little bits. I was standing at the fair […]
As I sit at the Olympia Art & Antiques fair, it strikes me how many people recognise and connect with our country. Even if they visited ten years ago the memories and connection they have with us prompts them to come over and say hello. Arriving at Heathrow on a cloudy Monday morning I am […]
THE ANTIQUARIAN | For me to stand out in London at a top international antique fair I have found that being true to my roots and being African can produce the goods. As the rain arrives and Cape Town finds itself in winter mode – read a good English summer’s day here, I am getting […]