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Leonidas Kazantheos was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England but spent his early childhood on the island of Cyprus with his Greek father and English mother. However, due to the sectarian and political conflicts between the Greeks and Turks in the early 60’s & 70’s as well as the previous Suez Canal crisis the island was temporarily occupied by British troops prior to its final independence. Needless to say for reasons of safety and security during the conflicts, his family were eventually obliged to return to England. After taking a degree in Graphic Design at Leeds College of Art Leonidas became a practicing artist, designer, writer, researcher and political activist as well as an ardent ecological campaigner who has lived in Manchester for over thirty years. The majority of his time has been spent working in the arts in multi-media, theatre & set design, photography and video but nevertheless he has a diversity of interests where art and literature are concerned. Although from his personal perspective the art came first and the politics second, he is also a keen naturalist, walker and at the turn of the millennium in 2001 while pursuing his vocational interests in symbolism and the natural world, he became involved in environmental conservation and protection of green space in W. Yorkshire and Lancashire. In his spare time between caring for his 7-year old son and French partner he writes poetry and researches literature largely out of his own interest and amusement.
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