Interview with the 1992 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Derek Walcott, by freelance journalist Simon Stanford, 28 April 2005.

Derek Walcott talks about his Caribbean background; his early vocation to become a poet (6:11); what audience he writes for (12:50); influences from the Caribbean culture (17:04); the commercialisation of culture (24:05); what inspired him to write Omeros (27:11); being awarded the Nobel Prize, (29:33); and gives advice to young student (32:37).