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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 ...

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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 ...

"The Bewdley Festival is a great event in October, a community arts festival of music, talks and comedy featuring some big names in the past from Robert Plant to Benjamin Zephaniah. "The Bewdley ...

“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 ...

"I don't think his principles are very high." Poet Benjamin Zephaniah, who died on December 23 at 65, publicly rejected an OBE in 2003 in protest at British government policies and the British Empire.