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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'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.”