Dr Jodie Matthews on the Gypsy, Traveller & Roma Collections, Treasures of the Brotherton Galler

Dr Jodie Matthews co-curated an exhibition which was featured at the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery in Leeds. The exhibition featured items from the Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections, owned by the University of Leeds. Dr Matthews explains why certain pieces were chosen to best demonstrate the ways in which the Gypsy way of life was romanticised by the media and says quite often the harsh realities, experienced by Romani Gypsies on a regular basis, were not portrayed.