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
Heart of the Angel pickaxes in almost pitch-black conditions to renovate parts of the track in time for the following day. This documentary was given the Documentary Award by the Royal Television Society, and is included in the first volume of "The Molly Dineen Collection", released by the British Film Institute in 2011. Heart of the Angel The Heart of the Angel is a documentary made by director/producer Molly Dineen in 1989, before the 1992 renovation of the then 100-year-old Angel tube station on the London Underground. It was first screened in BBC2's "40 Minutes" series on 23 November 1989. The film follows 48