The comedy world has paid tribute to poet Benjamin Zephaniah, who has died aged 65. He was diagnosed with a brain tumour eight weeks ago.

Zephaniah, from Handsworth, Birmingham, was not a stand-up comedian but when he was starting out as a performer in the 1980s he regularly appeared on comedy bills and in comedy clubs such as Jongleurs in Battersea and also at the Hackney Empire (pictured).