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Sadly the FA cup has not made it’s way back to Hull,
although fans are philosophical about it, and seem
pleased enough just to have made it to Wembley in the
first place. We did after all come a close second, and it
was a nice sunny day.
One of the city’s better statues is of Hull poet Philip
Larkin, who stands forever at the ready in the railway
station looking for all the world as if he is just going off
to catch a train. Probably much as the sculptor intended.
And in the run up to Cup Final day Larkin was draped
in the black and amber colours of Hull City. No-one
complained or made a song and dance about it. It just
seemed an appropriate outfit for the occasion, while at
the same time providing plenty of photo opportunities
for passers by.
Which brought to mind a bit of a fuss earlier this month
involving the Angel of the North.
Standing 20 metres high, and with a wing span of 54
metres, the Angel of the North sculpture welcomes
people to Newcastle. Shortly after it was unveiled in
the late 90’s some Newcastle United fans managed to
adorn the Angel with a replica Number 9 shirt in tribute
to their hero Alan Shearer. Sadly the authorities up there
must be rather less tolerant than Hull folk, because the
Angel stayed dressed for only 20 minutes.
That cheeky gesture seems to have been surpassed this
month though by well known mid range UK supermarket
Morrisons. Having recently announced a drop in sales,
some enterprising marketing person decided it would
be a good idea to project an image of a Morrisons’ brand
baguette across the wings of the Angel of the North. And
very effective it looked too.
Unfortunately the Angels’ sculptor wasn’t too keen. In
fact he seemed positively miffed by the desecration of
his creation by a mere chunk of bread.
Antony Gormley pronounced that his work of art had
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three functions. Firstly an historical one, to serve as a
reminder that below the site of the Angel coal miners
worked in the dark for 200 years. (A long shift by
anyone’s standards.)
Secondly to ‘grasp hold of the future, expressing our
transition from the industrial to the information age.’
Lastly to be a focus for peoples’ hopes and fears - ‘a
sculpture is an evolving thing’ said Gormley.
Obviously grasping hold of the future in our transition
to the ‘information age’ doesn’t include using modern
technology to inform passers by about Morrisons
baguettes. Which is a shame when you think back to all
those miners slaving in the earth beneath the Angel just
to put bread on their tables.
This weeks word is ‘miffed’. For no other reason than
to confirm that it is actually a genuine dictionary word
and not just a slang expression! If you are miffed you are
feeling somewhat annoyed or peeved.
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