{"id":346919,"date":"2025-08-15T15:59:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/346919\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T15:59:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:59:27","slug":"a-new-cold-war-steve-mural-to-honour-birminghams-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/346919\/","title":{"rendered":"A New ‘Cold War Steve’ Mural To Honour Birmingham\u2019s Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Cold War Steve<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t know the name Cold War Steve<\/strong>, you probably know his work: The Brummie artist rose to Twitter fame thanks to his satirical, surrealist collages<\/strong> capturing the British mood. IRL, he\u2019s now unveiled a forthcoming mural featuring figures from Birmingham\u2019s legacy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Set against a black-and-white photograph of 1960s Birmingham, Cold War Steve (real name Christopher Spencer) depicts local musicians like Mist, Fleur Shore, Dapz on the Map, Lotto Boyzz, Mike Skinner, Preditah, Lady Leshurr and Jaykae<\/strong>\u2014representing genres from bhangra and grime to techno, rap and drum & bass\u2014in his signature style. Plus, legends in other fields like Joe Lycett, Glynn Purnell and Alison Hammond<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

To see this bespoke mural firsthand, you\u2019ll have to head down to Birmingham\u2019s new 9,000 sq ft food hall<\/strong>, where it will be permanently displayed at the heart of the venue. Society<\/a> <\/strong>is set to open its doors in One Colmore Square on Friday, September 5, bringing together five independent kitchens, a taproom, and a dedicated cocktail bar under one roof.<\/p>\n

Cold War Steve said, \u201cI\u2019ve really enjoyed working on something special for Society. It\u2019s great to collaborate with new businesses joining the city and I love the idea of the mural being part of such a social space. As a new and very inclusive venue I wanted the artwork to shine a light on Birmingham\u2019s younger, more diverse cultural greats and the resulting piece explodes with the colour of multicultural splendour.\u201d<\/p>\n

What is Society Birmingham?<\/strong> \"SocietyCredit: Society <\/p>\n

Described as \u201cmore than just a food hall\u201d, epeect Society Birmingham to be your new favourite hangout\u2014whether it\u2019s for weekday lunches, post-work drinks or weekend feasts. Set to host a mix of street food, craft beer, and DJs<\/strong>, the stripped-back community space has room for over 350 guests<\/strong>, too.<\/p>\n

The first food traders, including: Birmingham\u2019s Japanese \u2018sando\u2019 shop, Shokupan<\/strong>; traditional Neapolitan-style pizzeria, Amore Pizza<\/strong>; dry-aged smash burgers and loaded fries from Slap & Pickle<\/strong>; and Manzoku<\/strong>, serving pan-Asian street food-style dishes like katsu curry and Korean fried chicken wings.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Society bar will be the centrepiece within the space, where guests can expect one of \u201cthe largest selection of beers in the city\u201d with thirty-six lines of the world\u2019s best craft beer<\/strong>, including local breweries like Attic and Glasshouse. Plus, low-intervention and natural wines, as well as classic and in\u2013house cocktails.<\/p>\n

Nick Gregory, co-founder of Society, said: \u201cSociety isn\u2019t just about incredible food and drink \u2013 it\u2019s about a whole experience, including music and culture, and it\u2019s about reflecting the cities we\u2019re part of. Birmingham has such a rich cultural identity, and working with Cold War Steve to create something that celebrates that has been a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cold War Steve mural will be unveiled to the public on Friday, September 5, to coincide with Society Birmingham\u2019s official launch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Cold War Steve If you don\u2019t know the name Cold War Steve, you probably know his work:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-346919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115033615637366473","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}