Romani Gypsies and Irish and Scottish Travellers have made and immense contribution to our shared traditional music heritage in Britain and Ireland.

A study into how the “sustainable” lifestyle of Romani Gypsy communities can help combat the environmental crisis has been given £810,703 worth of taxpayer money, The Telegraph can reveal.

In this article, the terms “Gypsies” and “Roma” are used interchangeably, but there are differences. “Roma,” the preferred term internationally, is not actually as inclusive, as there ...