✨ Treasure Hoard: The Flemish 'Dragon' chest, St. Michael's, Alnwick, Northumberland
It is furniture transformed into a wonderful medieval bestiary.
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📍Loci: ✨Northumbrian Light
Each week I send out a short, fresh reflection from the road – photographs, sketches, and observations from old places that still have something to teach us. What follows is a moment from those travels. Northumbrian Light The forecast was good and so the shoot was on. I arrived at the...
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 11 April 2025
Despite the epic scale of the moorland, it is the smallest thing - a chapel - that animates the landscape.
Aerial Video Biddlestone Chapel, Northumberland
A Roman Catholic chapel at Biddlestone, built atop a medieval pele tower.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 13 Dec 2024
As I trace the route of the B6318, one of Britain’s most beautiful roads, I come upon the remains of the Roman Temple of Mithras at Brocolitia.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 6 Dec 2024
Despite our darkest selves, through the time-sieved collective, we can’t help but express the essence of what it means to be human.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 29 Nov 2024
As I stand but a few inches away from the recumbent knight, I can’t help but reflect on the vast distance of time that separates us.
Aerial Video of St. Andrew, Bolam, Northumberland
St. Andrew’s Church in Bolam, Northumberland, is a striking example of borderland heritage, featuring an 11th-century Saxon tower with narrow windows and sturdy stonework.
Video of Coanwood, Northumberland
A short video showing the beautiful Quaker meeting house at Coanwood in Northumberland.