Katharine Quarmby: 3 books

Every few months there’s a shocking news story about the sustained, and often fatal, abuse of a disabled person. It’s easy to write off such cases as bullying that got out of hand, terrible criminal anomalies or regrettable failures of the care system, but in fact they point to a more uncomfortable...

Throughout Europe, Gypsies and Travellers are finding God in record numbers as a pentecostal revival gathers momentum. The Life and Light church is changing lives and at the same time bringing previously stigmatised minorities into a closer dialogue with local communities. New political and moral voices...

They are reviled. For centuries the Roma have wandered Europe; during the Holocaust half a million were killed. After World War II and during the Troubles, a wave of Irish Travellers moved to England to build a better, safer life. They found places to settle down—but then, as Occupy was taking over...