Leslie Tate

Author and Poet

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TRACY RHYS, AUTISM AND TEACHING A BIRD TO SING

I interviewed poet Tracey Rhys, whose first collection told the inside story of raising an autistic son. Tracey won the Poetry Archive’s competition with the video of her poem Panopticon. She works in close collaboration with the Cardiff theatre company,

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ADVENTURES IN MUSIC

I interviewed Ken Edwards who , with his wife Elaine, plays music that is influenced by ‘Klezmer, Sephardic, Balkan, Cuban, folk-rock and jazz’ – but

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POLYNESIA: PARADISE LOST?

In this two-part feature, Lillian Howan, author of a powerful novel set in Tahiti,  offers a revealing interview and a lyrical essay describing her cultural

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