The Amazing Library of Liverpool

The Amazing Library of Liverpool

In my experience libraries are fusty places with fierce ladies telling you to be quiet, or big silent tombs where grim students bury their heads in books for hours on end. Many public libraries in Britain have been closed and …
Hitching with a Migrant

Hitching with a Migrant

I recently moved from Bucharest to Liverpool. During this transition I spent some time in London, where I got a phone call from a guy called Joel: “I work for BBC Radio 4,” he said, “and I’m making a show …
The Buzz of Getting Away

The Buzz of Getting Away

When I’m getting a train away from the city I often get a wonderful feeling of liberation. It’s as if I’m leaving all my worries behind and heading into a bright new future where things will be different. I think …
Romany Gypsies in Romania & Bulgaria

Romany Gypsies in Romania & Bulgaria

By Eion Gibbs Walking through Holland, Belgium, France, Italy and Slovenia the word gypsy didn’t enter my thoughts once. This doesn’t mean Traveller communities don’t exist there, it’s just that they’re so far removed from...
Irish Travellers and Romany Gypsies

Irish Travellers and Romany Gypsies

This article was written by Eion Gibbs, whom I met in Bucharest in April 2015. He was at the tail-end of a great walk across Europe, from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul, a ten-month epic in the footsteps of...