A report recommends making each member of the rock band a Freeman of Birmingham, as well as giving a posthumous City of ...

The family of Benjamin Zephaniah are hoping a mural of the late poet and writer can be repainted in a new location after the original was erased in error by graffitti ...

Benjamin Zephaniah—a British poet and professor who appeared in Peaky Blinders as street preacher Jeremiah “Jimmy” Jesus—has died. The new comes via a post on his official Instagram ...

The heavy metal band and late poet are seen as core parts of Birmingham's cultural heritage.

Benjamin Zephaniah was a man of words - he was profound, prolific and never shied away from what really mattered to him. Words flowed out of him, whether written, spoken or sung. "In the beginning ...

Birmingham City Council is set to honour the members of heavy metal band Black Sabbath and posthumously award a medal to poet ...

All four members of Black Sabbath and the late poet Benjamin Zephaniah are set to be honoured by their home city, Birmingham.

Watch poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah read his 'Ode to Muhammad Ali' in June 2016, following the death of the legendary boxer. Zephaniah has died aged 65 after being diagnosed with a brain ...

Windrush Child was written by Benjamin Zephaniah and tells the story of a 10-year-old boy called Leonard. In 1958, Leonard travels with his mother from Jamaica to England to join his father.

Sixty-five trees are to be planted in a Birmingham park in memory of poet and actor Benjamin Zephaniah. Zephaniah, from Handsworth, died in December aged 65, eight weeks after being diagnosed with ...

“Benjamin Zephaniah was a real trailblazer and son of Birmingham who helped put the city on the cultural map and he will always be remembered here. “Conferring these honours on these ...

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