He is a literary historian and editor of 'The Wheel' – an anthology of modern poetry in Cornish 1850–1980.
[2][3] He was made bard of the Gorsedh Kernow in 1998, taking the bardic name Bardh Gwerin (Poet of the People).
[4] Tim's daughters, Gwenno and Ani Saunders, were formerly singers with the British indie pop girl group The Pipettes, with Gwenno also playing the keyboards, and are now solo artists.
Saunders has spoken out against the development of a Standard Written Form of Cornish, saying The insulting notion that we are so stupid as to need 'impartial outside experts' to settle our differences is, quite simply, contemptible.
Such transparent chicanery would require scholars having limited acquaintance with the Cornish-speaking community, and no accountability, to lay down the law for it.