Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 16 Jan 2026
This little place that looks like a house stands as a marker in Britain’s incremental movement towards toleration.
This little place that looks like a house stands as a marker in Britain’s incremental movement towards toleration.
Like the imprint of sand left behind by the receding tide, our absence etches patterns of meaning that linger long after we’re gone.
It is as though the earth during its infancy first carved out a fold - a hollow that sat somewhere within the realms of Fibonacci - a proportion drawn from the same geometry that threads itself through constellations.
When I walk back up into the nave, the visitor is there at the top of the steps, sat in a chair - as if he knew of the tenderness that was taking place beneath and was unable to enter in upon it.
Join me as we enter the church at St. Mary's Lastingham.
St. Mary, Lastingham Interior and Exterior
I think of it all - all that richness - and breathe deeply. These interventions make the place feel alive, as if the street itself is a mix of nutrients that nourish us as individuals and as communities.
The standing stone before me has occupied this spot for around 4,500 years.
Bridlington Priory Interior
✨ Wondering why I ask for support?
An Anxiety of Memberships