'I've come to celebrate Ledbury's multiculturalism ... well, to encourage it, anyway'
My memories of Benjamin Zephaniah are of him sharing a stage with Tony Benn at the Ledbury poetry festival in 2013, and later at the same festival, at his own sell-out show. Here are my words from back then:
"You could tell what they think of Benjamin Zephaniah at Ledbury from the size of the audience, young and older, in the sold-out seats at the community hall. They loved it when the Brummie...
8th December 2023