RIP Benjamin Zephaniah

[Cycleops]

Very interesting character. Kicked out of school aged 13 unable to read or write due to dislexia, learned to do both as an adult. Got in with a bad lot before turning his life around, becoming a bit of a national treasure and rejecting an OBE as he disliked the 'Empire' bit, hardly surprising.

 

[matticus]

This is lovely. For some reason the p.s. really got me:

 

[Profpointy]

This is lovely. For some reason the p.s. really got me:
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That's rather lovely and he clearly shows his way with words, as perhaps isn't unexpected from a major poet

 

[Cycleops]

Pencil me in:

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