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

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 ...

It's been a Hard Road but the Back Street Kids are being honoured with a Freedom of the City award for their service to ...

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 ...

"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 ...