This photograph of the Eiffel Tower is about modern icons in the classical sense: the icon representing both a shorthand and also a memory prompt for a category of experiences. I guess that classical icons work on both public and private levels. The Statue of Liberty in New York City is equally iconic, albeit regarding a different set of experiences. The clock tower (housing Big Ben) in the Palace of Westminster 'stands for' London (as a tourist destination and cultural capital), the UK government (both as a seat of democracy, and as a repository of power with colonial resonances and domination over provincial UK), Britain as a tourist destination. In the UK, the Millennium Wheel (London Eye) is gradually achieving iconic status, and its recreational nature will carry the weight of tourist meaning more easily than 'Big Ben'. How iconic is The Angel of the North?