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

In glorious VR.

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?’

Patina 39th Edition

Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 3 April 2026

So here, in one place, we find layers of meaning and layers of firsts: movement, industry, politics, science, architecture and belief, all tied, in some way, to this ground. There’s no city like this - every layer of soil put down here is the first in the journey towards the modern world.

St. John, Tisbury in Glorious VR

The Denny glass and an aerial VR.

Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 27 March 2026

What is being gathered here is not just material, but understanding. That we are shaped by these places, as much as we shape them.