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 ...

The author certainly has the credentials to write this book: she is an English Romany–gypsy who was born in a tent and spent her infancy in a horse-drawn wagon. The book conjures the aura of an ...

The section devoted to Russian gypsies is very properly given the place of honor, since it is the most elaborate of the studies here presented, and contains perhaps the greatest share of novelty. The ...

Each summer the English upland town of Appleby-in-Westmorland hosts a spontaneous week-long ‘happening’. It’s the event of the year for a culture with an unsettled past—and an uncertain future. A man ...

To the many who do not know, it is not easy to explain the charm of the Gypsy. But what it means to the few who feel it, Borrow, long ago, left no chance of doubt. I have come under the spell. There ...

Hazel Marsh receives funding from the University of East Anglia's AHRC Impact Acceleration Account for the collaborative project 'Romani Gypsy and Traveller Voices in Music Archives'. Esbjörn ...

In early June, every year, for many generations, Gypsies and Travellers have travelled to the Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria in their thousands, crossing the moors and fells on their journey in old ...

The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain. By Damian Le Bas. Chatto & Windus; 320 pages; £14.99 DAMIAN LE BAS is caught between two worlds. He grew up in a family of Romany gypsies. His ...