The Angel of the North's iconic status is taken for granted. Yet it was so nearly never made. Strong local opposition, engineering difficulties and even the doubts of its own creator, Sir Antony ...

The Angel of the North cost £800,000 to build. The project was funded by the Arts Council Lottery Fund, EU funding, the publicly funded Northern Arts body and private sponsorship.

The Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer, twice the size of Angel of the North and costing about £10m, will be built on outskirts of Birmingham Jump to content UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...