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

All four members of Black Sabbath are set to be given the Freedom of Birmingham as part of plans which would also see late poet and actor Benjamin Zephaniah officially honoured by the city.

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

Take Benjamin Zephaniah’s poem "I Love Me Mudder": Young people resonate with Zephaniah because there is so much human warmth delivered with rule-breaking linguistic energy. "He came to my ...

“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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