Roma Gypsy King Election
With a gold crown perched jauntily on his head, Britain’s first-ever elected ‘Gypsy King’ takes a bow. Ladislav Stojka, 53, was crowned after thousands of travellers in the UK’s Roma Gypsy community cast their vote in an historic ballot. Mr Stojka, was chosen from 19 candidates by representatives from 10 cities including Bolton, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford and London. He was [...]
The Times. Interview with Author, Rose Tremain.
Rose Tremain: more than ‘just’ an historical novelist The author who made her name with Restoration deserves to emerge from the shadow of her illustrious peers Words by Erica Wagner. Photograph by Jason Bye for the Times. William Golding nicked Rose Tremain’s suitcase. Yes, really. “It was a British Council tour I did with Richard [...]