✨ Treasure Hoard: The ancient whale shaped stone in the north transept at Stobo Kirk
One of them - set into the wall - looks like a whale: a creature from deep time surfacing into the stony present.
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✨ Treasure Hoard: The Pictish Stones at the Tarbat Discovery Centre
To stand before them is to feel like the ancient hands that made them are reaching quietly into our time.
✨ Treasure Hoard: The Anglo-Saxon wolf carving at St Mary's Church, Deerhurst
This is one of the most powerful pieces of nonverbal communication I have encountered.
⟁ Members' Supplement: The Tarbat Discovery Centre, Portmahomack
Deeper dives into place and people for Members Only
📍Loci: The Volute and the Cobbled Floor
Chipping Campden’s buildings betray a tantalising glimpse of the hopes, trials and tribulations of a single community throughout the growth of the town.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 17 May 2024
For me, this is a moment of sanctuary: the ragged, ruddy fox against the monolithic west front. I can’t help but wonder how many generations of foxes have graced the curlicue and the curvilinear with their quatrefoil pads.
⛫ The Cast Room: The Medieval Minstrels at Beverley Minster.
Welcome to my virtual Cast Room. On my travels, I've been taking augmented reality casts of things that appeal to me. The Cast Room is inspired by the Cast Courts of the V&A which hold a vast selection of casts taken of great works of art all over the globe. Members Only.