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Gas Hall to reopen for homecoming exhibition

The hall is to reopen after closing for five years as part of Birmingham Museum's maintenance work.

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery's Gas Hall reopening date announced

Celebs: Poet, performer and Black rights activist Zephaniah dies

Benjamin Zephaniah, poet, performer, Black rights activist, dies aged 65

British poet, musician and actor Benjamin Zephaniah, known for fighting racism and social injustice, has died at the age of 65, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour, his family said on Thursday.

Benjamin Zephaniah, novelist and poet known as 'the people's laureate' who performed to a reggae backbeat – obituary

Benjamin Zephaniah, who has died of a brain tumour aged 65, was a writer and dub poet, often intoning his words over a reggae backbeat; he went from the streets of Handsworth to become a treasured figure on the UK’s literary scene, described as “the people’s laureate” and celebrated for his works on race. His mission, he said, was “to take poetry everywhere” and he described his technique as “dub ranting”, adding: “I do it because there is no justice.”