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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Charlie porter | History Defined

As stars wear black at Valentino’s funeral, tributes are dressed in red

Fashion designer’s death has brought the red dress – and his distinctive shade of the colour – back into the spotlight

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Hall and Charlie Porter among writers on ‘genre-defying’ Goldsmiths prize shortlist

The £10,000 award, whose judges include Mark Haddon and Megan Nolan, recognises ‘mould-breaking’ fiction

The Guardian - UK

Nova Scotia House by Charlie Porter review – a headlong rush through the turbulent Aids era

Porter’s urgent prose propels the reader into the gay scene of the 1980s and early 90s as his protagonist’s life is torn apart by the HIV crisis

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UK Aids Memorial Quilt to go on display at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall

Quilt, made in 1980s to raise awareness, to be shown as US cuts raise fears of Aids resurgence in some countries

The Guardian - UK

Nova Scotia House by Charlie Porter review – radical visions of gay 90s London

Memories of love and heartbreak during the Aids epidemic are brought vividly to life in this exhilarating, risk-taking debut

The Guardian - UK

The surprisingly punk fashion of the Bloomsbury set, including Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell

Scrupulously researched and curated by fashion journalist Charlie Porter, Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and Fashion has opened at Charleston’s new spaces at Southover House in Lewes. The exhibition brings together original garments, paintings, photography and spoken word to explore how the Bloomsbury set continues to inspire fashion more than a…

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My cultural day out on the Sussex Art Shuttle

With next week’s Turner prize opening in Eastbourne, we try a hop-on, hop-off bus service that takes art lovers around the area’s cultural hotspots

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Chic and unique: the best places in London to buy second-hand and vintage homewares now

Not only is second-hand furniture more eco-friendly than buying new, it will inject personality into your home, too. Here’s where to source the best pre-loved gems in London

Evening Standard

Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and the Philosophy of Fashion by Charlie Porter review – style revolution

A fashion journalist links the sartorial choices of Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, TS Eliot et al to their avant garde outlook on life

The Guardian - UK

‘You’re not getting any’ – the secret sexual signals in the Bloomsbury Group’s clothes

The Bloomsbury Group weren’t just artistic and sexual pioneers. They also sparked a sartorial revolution. We meet the author of Bring No Clothes, a revealing book about fashion’s queer trailblazers

The Guardian - UK

‘The house sings with colour and with life’: how the fashion world fell for Charleston, the Bloomsbury set’s country home

From Virginia Woolf and her circle to Kate Moss’s Vogue shoot, the unconventional Sussex farmhouse has captured imaginations across the decades

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Exhibition to explore the Bloomsbury Group through fashion

Supported by Dior, Charleston’s ‘Bring No Clothes’ explores the Bloomsbury Group’s use of – and influence on – fashion, featuring works by Dior, Fendi, Comme des Garçons and more, alongside original clothing and ephemera

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The Great Indoors: London’s freshest interior talents

Please allow Adam Bray to introduce you to the rising stars of London’s interior design scene

Evening Standard

Why I live in Shepherd’s Bush: vintage shop owner Charlie Porter on Shepherd’s Bush — Notting Hill’s ‘more affordable and interesting’ neighbour

Charlie Porter is the founder of Tat London, a vintage and antique treasure shop. Here’s what Shepherd’s Bush has to offer beyond the Westfield Centre.

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Dumfries Theatre Royal curtain set to open on Guild of Players' new show

The homegrown thespians are putting the finishing touches to their production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit

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