London mural for George Michael

George Michael is set to be emblazoned in a nine-metre mural in the London borough of Brent in September, commemorating one of the world’s best-selling artists, the British media reports.

The permanent public work in Kingsbury has been commissioned to celebrate the British-Cypriot singer who grew up in the area. He died on Christmas day, 2016.

Michael, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, was the son of a Greek Cypriot restaurateur who emigrated to Britain in the 1950s – like many of his generation. The mural will be unveiled during Brent Borough of Culture 2020 which will take place at the local schools Michael attended.

Despite his Greek Cypriot roots and international fame – having sold over 80 million records – a homage to Michael is noticeably absent back in Cyprus.

 

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.