Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month was established in Britain in 2008 as a way of challenging stereotypes and prejudice, and raising awareness of the diverse heritage and rich contributions of ...

The culture of Britain's Romany Gypsies is "at risk of being lost", according to the founder of a community group. Charmaine Abdul-Karim started Pride of Romany in Nantwich, Cheshire, in 2022 as part ...

Archaeologist, presenter, and filmmaker John-Henry Phillips will be coming to the Museum on 27th July from 1pm - 1.30pm to discuss the history of Romany Gypsies in the UK, their heritage, and his ...

Nelson Scott and Dinky Sherwood had a faint look of disappointment as they sat together on a wall overlooking the crowd at Wickham Horse Festival on Tuesday. The Romany gypsy cousins have been ...

For centuries, they have been figures of fear and fascination, in their colorful clothes and seemingly carefree lives. And while gypsies, as they are called, have left their mark on society with their ...

Walsh’s debut work, the autobiographical Gypsy Boy, was widely acclaimed in the U.S. and the author’s native U.K. for its unflinching portrait of growing up in the hypermasculine culture of a typical ...

THE lives of Romany gypsies fascinate many people. With their colourful wagons and carefree attitudes, it is a lifestyle that most of us can only imagine. Now Pembrokeshire Museum Service has acquired ...

“WE ARE THE white blacks,” declares Joseph Jones, a Romany gypsy who is vice-chair of the Gypsy Council, a civil-rights group, and has been campaigning for the rights of gypsies and travellers since ...

On Friday last week, around 300 Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers and supporters marched through the streets of Manchester to protest an outrageous act of discrimination and attack on democratic ...