Degree for rebel poet

February 20, 2004

Benjamin Zephaniah, the poet who turned down an OBE in the New year's honours list, has accepted an honorary degree from Leicester University. Accepting a doctor of letters degree, he said: "Leicester is an inclusive institution, and its ethos is cool."

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