As the world turns and the seasons change..
Over the coming season, I’ll be out and about in Woody - exploring more corners of the British Isles, continuing my art projects and following themed journeys through Britain.
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Genius Loci: Mid-week-pick-me-up
Fresh Horizons - Ways of Seeing
Behind The Photograph: The rescue helicopter and the wounded hill.
That contradiction is what interests me. We look fragile here - a tiny machine suspended against an immense wall of stone - and yet collectively we have the capacity to reshape whole landscapes.
✨ Treasure Hoard: The Petrol Pumps at Bunner's Store, Montgomery, Wales.
There is something wonderfully vernacular about the mechanics of it all. The petrol pump occupies the pavement and the hose swings overhead – a pedestrian almost has to negotiate the apparatus to continue along the street.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 18 September 2026
Later in the day the sun cajoles us, blinds us, stops us in our tracks and then hides behind a copse. A narrow road leads to a crooked church - walls leaning, porch dotted with mass dials. The truck sidles up an embankment and screeches to a halt in a cloud of dust.
✨ Treasure Hoard: Treasure Hoard - The Missing Door Hinge at St. Mary's Priory, Monmouth.
Here, the blacksmith has done something remarkable - but, somehow, the loss of part of the hinge has made it more beautiful still.
Walk Offa’s Dyke with me — follow the journey free
From 13 September, join Andy Marshall from Hay-on-Wye to Llangollen. Photographs, watercolours, field notes and a map to follow—free, wherever you are.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 11 Sep 2026
The gaps allow things to reveal their character - the space around a form, the lapse in a conversation, the silence that lets us recognise what we’ve heard.