Cold War Steve

Cold War Steve
Born
Christopher Spencer

1975 (age 48–49)
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
NationalityBritish
StyleCollage
Websitewww.coldwarsteve.com

Cold War Steve is the pen name of Christopher Spencer (born 1975),[citation needed] a British collage artist and satirist. He is the creator of the Twitter feed @coldwarsteve. His work typically depicts a grim, dystopian location in England populated by British media figures, celebrities, and politicians, usually with EastEnders actor Steve McFadden (in character as Phil Mitchell) looking on in disgust.[1] His work has been described as having "captured the mood of Brexit Britain" and has been likened to that of earlier British political satirists Hogarth and Gillray.[2] As of September 2021, his Twitter account has over 345,000 followers.[3]

  1. ^ Hargadon, Stephen (16 February 2020). "Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for arts journalism 2020: Stephen Hargadon on Cold War Steve". The Observer.
  2. ^ Male, Andrew (17 July 2018). "When Phil Mitchell met Trump: Coldwar Steve and his Brexit Britain mashups". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Coldwar_Steve". Twitter.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.