Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 10 July 2026
Chesterton once wrote that the object of travel is to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land. I don’t think I understood what he meant until I turned into Hornpot Lane.
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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 3 July 2026
After some time I feel like an imposter. I’ve spent far too long here, so I plough on through the rest of the building without a planned break. After completion, I sign out and step back into the great walled city of York.
⟁ Member's Supplement: The Snickelways of York: Monk's Bar to Three Cranes
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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 12 June 2026
In many ways the process of painting felt like a pilgrimage - throwing up its challenges and yet leading me into a deeper understanding of the people behind the glass.
⟁ Member's Supplement: Finding St. William: My Art Commission from York Minster.
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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 11 Oct 2024
It’s remarkable how, when we take the time to look closely, we can sense the spirit or zeitgeist behind an object. For me, it feels like time travel—an opening into the mind of the artist who crafted it.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 4 Oct 2024
This is not a place to rush through or tick off a bucket list. It is a place that rewards patience, a place to linger when others hurry past. To be here is to step into a world where time folds in on itself, where the genius loci appears to those willing to invest their time.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 20 September 2024
And there are rumours that the synchronicity that sprang from the Roman temple inspired the medieval scholar Alcuin to build the Alma Sophia (Holy Wisdom) here.
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.