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What is the Genius Loci Digest?

Finding richer ways of navigating a changing world through the collective memory and wisdom held in Britain's historic places. On the surface, the Genius Loci Digest follows me, architectural photographer, artist and writer Andy Marshall, as I travel through Britain in Woody, my camper van. Each week, I...

Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 8 May 2026

I imagine all those characters, words and sentences made coherent, ordered into patterns that move the soul, create a mystery, or reveal a hidden truth. I think of the time span that they all encompass - from the first burst of the universe to the first man on the moon.

Boothby Chapel, St. Oswald's, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.

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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 1 May 2026

This is why places like Catherine Hill matter - not because they contain answers, but because they hold a way of arriving at them that seems to accommodate the flaws of the present.

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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 24 April 2026

I lost my dad in 2008 and I think that’s when it all started - I took his spirit out with me on my first forays into deep time; sharing with him my findings - as if he was taking part in an evolving life, a new man emerging from the chrysalis of breakdown and depression.

Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 17 April 2026

The service is coming to an end. I can tell by the rhythm and the tone of the minister’s voice rather than the words. I look at the strangers sat around me and ask myself, ‘where do I fit in with all of this?’

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