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British poet and author Benjamin Zephaniah has died after a short illness, according to a post from his family on his official X account.

Writers, artists and politicians have paid tribute to "pioneer and innovator" Professor Benjamin Zephaniah, who has died aged 65.

Among those paying tribute was his Peaky Blinders co-star Cillian Murphy

‘Talking Turkeys’ writer and activist was diagnosed with a brain tumour eight weeks ago

The musician performed at the revamped venue in celebration of his 40 year career

There are few artists whose career retrospective merits a 14 CD box set, featuring a staggering 300+ songs. Billy Bragg is one of those few.

The campaign song is frequently the porch popular music crawls beneath before it rolls into the fetal position and dies.

 

Touring a box set of his 40-year career, Bragg remains unequivocally himself, but the radical romantic’s mellower vocals are a revelation

Shane MacGowan’s sister Siobhan has praised her late brother’s hit song Fairytale of New York for capturing “what Christmas was like for a lot of people.”