Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Professor Anne Whitehead and David de la Haye, Newcastle University

For some time there has been a grassroots memorial site in the small stand of trees at the feet of the Angel of the North. A year-long project has recorded the memorial through sound, combining interviews with people who have left tributes, field recordings of the site, and the voice of the Angel. We ask what the Angel means to those who commemorate their loved ones there, and how the site helps them to navigate grief.

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