Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 22 Nov 2024
In the midst of Richmond I found an invincible joy in the accumulation of the past within the honeycombed streets.
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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 8 Nov 2024
The climb to the castle heights takes me from the market's hustle and bustle to the whistle of the wind through the ramparts. With every metre gained in height, the clamour below gradually evaporates.
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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 18 Oct 2024
The light is a blessing today, John - the magnificent and ruinous east end is rising above the rooftops.
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.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 29 March 2024
It is the humble hand where all this starts - from the first stone laid at the Roman basilica that lies beneath, through to the final carving of the pinnacles that pin down the grandeur of the Gothic church. This is a story about people.