Roma, Gypsies and Travellers have not made as much progress as other minority groups in the UK because of deeply entrenched racist attitudes towards them, the Turner prize-nominated artist Delaine Le Bas has said. Le Bas, who has spent her career exploring themes connected to her Romani Traveller heritage, said that Traveller communities have been “stuck in place” by stereotypes and hostile newspaper coverage. She said: “Unlike some other different groups, I feel they’ve really been stuck in a place where they’ve not made a lot of progress forward. It’s been really difficult.” The artist pointed out the recent allegations...