Romani Gypsies and Irish and Scottish Travellers have made and immense contribution to our shared traditional music heritage in Britain and Ireland.
- Professor of Cultural Politics, University of East Anglia
A Venezuelan cartoon character has been adopted by the government to help their popularity.
What have Gypsies ever done for the UK? There’s metalwork, art, music, boxing, equine expertise, skilled labour … food bank donations.
For all its faults, Chavismo has finally put marginalised Venezuelans at the centre of national culture – and many on the right still resent it.
It was popular music that enabled Chávez to link his political movement with grassroots activism.
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