JOHN COMINO-JAMES: Fairground Attraction and his pursuit of them

and his pursuit of them

and has featured at the Venice Biennale

Some of these people are now his friends

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JOHN COMINO-JAMES: Fairground Attraction and his pursuit of themEvery week between Easter and November around two hundred funfairs open in cities and towns across every part of the UK. Some 4500 Travelling Showmen and their families run them an extraordinary group of people who make up what has been described as the largest extended village in the country. Most of us never encounter showmen directly: often wrongly confused with other travellers and frequently seen as outsiders they have their own strong cultural