{"id":419830,"date":"2026-05-09T18:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T18:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/419830\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T18:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T18:15:08","slug":"soldier-sculpture-installed-at-bamburgh-castle-for-ve-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/419830\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldier sculpture installed at Bamburgh Castle for VE day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The sculpture was made from the same weathering steel used in the Angel of the North and was designed to change over time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Unlike traditional memorials, the sculpture is designed to move between locations, continuing its role as a travelling tribute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bryceland said he wanted to thank everyone involved for making the installation happen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Francis Watson-Armstrong, owner of Bamburgh Castle, said: &#8220;It&#8217;s an honour to have Christopher&#8217;s sculpture standing sentinel here at Bamburgh Castle to mark VE Day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;George is a striking focal point and a fitting reminder of the courage, sacrifice and resilience shown by servicemen and women.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The sculpture, which is on display at the castle can be viewed daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sculpture was made from the same weathering steel used in the Angel of the North and was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-419830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}