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"Granddad was the ultimate storyteller" – Romany author Freedom Matthews
Romany author Freedom Matthews is about to publish her first novel ‘Scarlett Redemption’ – a work of fantasy fiction. Interviewed by Dee Cooper for the Travellers Times. De…
“We’re Not Allowed to Be Ourselves Anymore” - The Harsh Reality of Life on the Road for a Nomadic Romany Family
(All photographs are of Traveller families at stopping places on the way to Appleby Fair 2024) For centuries, Romany families have lived nomadically across Britain, moving…
“I think they showed us in a good light” – Chantelle on appearing on BBC1's ‘Growing up Gypsy’
Chantelle, who featured in the recent BBC documentary Stacey Dooley: Growing Up Gypsy, talks to Stacey Hodgkins from the Travellers Times about what it was like to appear on…