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'A man of integrity': Tributes pour in after writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65
Benjamin Zephaniah
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'A man of integrity': Tributes pour in after writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65

Trailblazing writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah has died aged 65, leaving behind a “joyful legacy" of art and activism
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Tents in Butler Place in London, ont far from the houses of parliament
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Read this exclusive poem about homelessness by Ian McMillan

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