A report recommends making each member of the rock band a Freeman of Birmingham, as well as giving a posthumous City of ...
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 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.
Benjamin Zephaniah, renowned for his role in the "Peaky Blinders" series, was not just an actor but an artist who embraced rebellion. Well-known for declining an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II ...
Prolific poet and anti-colonial activist Benjamin Zephaniah turned down an OBE in 2003, seemingly because he was uncomfortable with becoming an Officer of the British Empire . That year, he told the ...
Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah. videoRefugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah Actor Alexander Vlahos reads extracts from 'Refugee Boy' by Benjamin Zephaniah, explaining why he loves the book so much.
Poet Benjamin Zephaniah said it would be "hypocritical" to accept an honour including the world "Empire" The late Benjamin Zephaniah rejected an OBE in 2003 because of the association with the ...
Commemorating… One year after Benjamin Zephaniah died, a group of us got together to read Benjamin’s poems, read some of our own – or as two young women did, dance to his poem “People Need ...
“Benjamin Zephaniah OBE - no way Mr Blair, no way Mrs Queen. I am profoundly anti-empire”. Sheen later returned his honours (WPA Pool via Getty Images) Zephaniah is not the only person to turn ...
The BBC should reflect on the decision to showcase a rapper who is reportedly the murderer of a 16-year-old schoolboy, Lisa Nandy has signalled. The Culture Secretary also said she would be having ...
Household telecoms bills must now set out contract price rises in pounds and pence to prevent the “nasty surprises” of inflation-based hikes. Phone, broadband and pay TV providers are now ...