Angel of the North Angel of the North The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture, designed by Antony Gormley, located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Completed in 1998, it is a steel sculpture of an angel, tall, with wings measuring across. The wings do not stand straight sideways, but are angled 3.5 degrees forward; Gormley did this to create "a sense of embrace". The angel like much of Gormley's other work is based on a cast of his body. It stands on the hill of Birtley, at Low Eighton in Lamesley, overlooking the A1 and A167 roads into Tyneside, and the
The Angel of the Revolution The Angel of the Revolution The Angel of the Revolution: A Tale of the Coming Terror (1893) is a science fiction novel by the English writer George Griffith. It was his first published novel and remains his most famous work. It was first published in "Pearson's Weekly" and was prompted by the success of "The Great War of 1892" in "Black and White" magazine, which was itself inspired by "The Battle of Dorking". A lurid mix of Jules Verne's futuristic air warfare fantasies, the utopian visions of "News from Nowhere" and the future war invasion literature of Chesney and his