The long walk for justice
An official apology to Scotland’s Gypsy Traveller community – for historic discrimination – would begin a “healing process” and “bring closure”. Dr Lynne Tammi Connelly reaches the end of…
The Eugenics of the Tinker Experiments: Part three
The Eugenics of the Tinker Experiments: Part three Introduction In part one of this series of articles I addressed Wolfgang Abel’s work and rapid rise through the ranks of both…
The Eugenics of the Tinker Experiments: Part two – the Fixer
The Fixer This article is part two of series of articles that examine the role eugenics played, or was planned to play, in the Tinker Experiments. A diversion from the…
Report commissioned by the Scottish Government on the Tinker Experiments – leaked on 14th February 2025
I took no pleasure from leaking this report. However, given that Scottish Government officials and third party Neo-Gypsylorist members of the scrutiny panel have spent the last several months instructing…
Canada’s Little Slaves
Jump to video The invitation in 1938 to Wolfgang Abel, a Nazi eugenicist, by Neville Henderson the then ambassador to Germany, to undertake invasive examinations of Gypsy Traveller children…
Symbolic Violence: Social Representations of Gypsies and Travellers in the UK
Abstract Employing the concepts of social representation, themata (Moscovici, 1963, 2011) and symbolic violence (Bourdieu, 1989), this paper reveals the depth of the prejudice and discrimination experienced by Gypsies and…
History on the edge – the Tinker Experiments: A response
I’ve spoken many times to Shamus and Roseanna McPhee about the Tinker Experiments and the impact that living in the one remaining housing experiment has had, and continues to have,…
The enforced assimilation and attempted extirpation of Gypsies and Travellers in Scotland: The case for an apology
The enforced assimilation and attempted extirpation of Gypsies and Travellers in Scotland Summary: The case for an apology The following is a summary of and introduction to my…