10 THE SPRING DECORATIVE ANTIQUES & TEXTILES FAIR The Decorative Antiques & Tex<strong>til</strong>es Fair is London’s largest and most diverse antiques event, with more than 150 exhibitors from the UK and Europe. Held three times a year, it offers an unparalleled selection of period design from the <strong>17</strong>00s to the 1970s, and is a destination event for international decorators, collectors and styleconscious private buyers. Catering to all tastes and with an eye for the unusual, exhibitors offer fine and decorative furniture and interior accessories, art, sculpture, garden artefacts, architectural elements, jewellery, curiosities and objets trouvés. Stands are decorated to inspire and delight, with exciting ideas on how to incorporate distinctive antiques at home The Spring Decorative Antiques & Tex<strong>til</strong>es Fair returns to the marquee in Battersea Park from 4-9 April. The foyer display will focus on the rising trend for a new area in the home that combines our love of bringing the outdoors inside with a tranquil space reclaimed for grown-ups away from the hubbub of open-plan living, designed as an escape from daily chores. Traditionally called The Morning Room, at the Spring 20<strong>17</strong> Fair it will be created as an extension of a contemporary kitchen/living room. Goldstein Mirror by Simon Rohrer of Liverpool, c.1880 Galerie Arabesque: French porcelain tureen 1860 The Morning Room Revisited, in its own stand at the entrance to the Fair, will show items selected from exhibitors, all for sale, including beautiful ideas for displaying a favourite collection of decorative ceramics or glass; garden urns for growing herbs and favourite plants year-round; a florist’s table, and a seating sanctuary to view the garden or outside vistas. Catering to all tastes, exhibitors offer fine and formal antiques, decorative period furniture, unusual accessories from all eras including lighting, mirrors, ceramics, metalware, silver and glass, 20th century designer pieces, traditional, modern and contemporary art and sculpture, garden artefacts and architectural elements, antique and fine costume jewellery, curiosities, toys, collectables and objets trouvés. Stands are decorated by the dealers to inspire and delight, giving visitors exciting ideas about how to incorporate distinctive antiques and period design in their own homes. For further information, telephone 020 7616 9327 or visit the website at www.decorativefair.com WEIR TAKES SIXTH SUCCESSIVE SILVERSTONE VICTORY David Weir took his sixth successive win at the 20<strong>17</strong> adidas Silverstone Half Marathon on Sunday as part of his build-up towards the London Marathon in April. The multiple Paralympic champion was the first racer across the Finish Line at the world-famous Silverstone circuit in a time of 47:30 on a damp and drizzly day that saw thousands of runners race at the home of British motorsport. In the women’s wheelchair race, Nikki Emerson took her fourth Silverstone win, finishing in 65:38, while in the mass race David Hudson took the victory in the men’s race in 72:15, with Tori Green first woman in 82:21. Like so many of the runners taking part in the race, Weir was using the event to test his fitness ahead of the Virgin Money London Marathon in April when he will target his seventh win at the London Marathon, which would make him the race’s most successful ever competitor. In the women’s wheelchair race, Nikki Emerson took her fourth victory, after winning the first three editions of the event between 2009 and 2011. Another famous face taking on the half marathon challenge was actor Adam Woodyatt, who plays Ian Beale in the hit BBC soap EastEnders. Woodyatt is also preparing to run his first marathon in London in April, when he will run alongside his son Sam to support the Air Ambulance Service. The pair agreed to run for the charity last summer but, in a cruel twist of fate, Sam ended up relying on an air ambulance when he was hit by a car in September and rushed to hospital. Sam is now on the road to recovery and determined to run the marathon alongside his famous dad who admits, whatever Sam's fitness, his son will s<strong>til</strong>l be the first Woodyatt to cross the Finish Line on The Mall in April. t h i s i s l o n d o n m a g a z i n e • t h i s i s l o n d o n o n l i n e
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