Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 14 March 2025
Then, instinctively, I reach into my bag. My fingers graze the edge of my sketchbook. It’s such a comforting feeling - that first touch tingles because of the depth of its meaning. Should I?
Andy Marshall
Architectural Photographer in a time-travelling camper van. 📸🚐🏛️ Architecture, Travel, History, Place, Material Culture.
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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 7 March 2025
Amidst the medieval ridge and furrow are lumps and bumps that mark events from the past, reverberating through this place. It was at Repton that a great Viking army wintered in 873 AD under the leadership of Ivar the Boneless. The lumps and bumps are the boundaries of their camp.
🎨 Atelier: Holy Air Encased In Stone, Repton. Signed, Limited Edition Print of 25no.
A chance to own a limited edition print of the Saxon crypt at St. Wystan, Repton
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 28 Feb 2025
The weight of history here is a press. I am so taken in by what I see that I sit down on the cold slab to absorb it. This is a place that has held fast in the eddying tides and swells of chaotic times.
Be there: Amongst the ancient landscape at Repton
One of the most remarkable churches in England.
Genius Loci: Mid-week-pick-me-up
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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 21 Feb 2025
As I sketch, the people of this town come and go – their conversations rise and fall. The bar staff change shifts; time dissolves, and outside, the timber framing stands unmoved.
☀️ Start here: About Eustace
“In our world," said Eustace, "a star is a huge ball of flaming gas." “Even in your world, my son, that is not what a star is, but only what it is made of.”
📍Loci: Common Ground
Like the imprint of sand left behind by the receding tide, our absence etches patterns of meaning that linger long after we’re gone.