Sara Wheeler

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While visiting the ‘stopping places’ of his gypsy forebears, Damian Le Bas describes the dead cold of a wagon in winter and the insults he endured as a child

issue 09 June 2018

  • The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain

    Damian Le Bas

    Chatto & Windus, pp. 310

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