Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Traveller encampment A study into how the “sustainable” lifestyle of Romani Gypsy communities can help combat the environmental ...

LEAVING school young and putting on a huge, no-expense spared extravagant wedding usually go hand in hand in a traveller’s ...

A woman accommodating a Romani gypsy family has criticised a Vivid housing association for discrimination after they ...

They came to Europe from India in the Middle Ages. Their Romany language is flecked with words close to Hindi and is spoken in various dialects from Transylvania to San Francisco. To the outside world ...

Legend has it that European Gypsies came from Egypt but a new genetic study has shown they came from a small population that emerged from ancestors in India around 1000 years ago. The research, by ...

For many, Halloween is a cheerful celebration, a time to stir imaginations with creative costumes and play with new identities; for me, leading an initiative at Columbia University about the Roma—a ...

Philip Brown has received funding from public bodies for his work on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller organisations. He is a member of the Labour Party and has worked as a Specialist Advisor to the Tackling ...

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 ...