Be there: Interior of St. Govan's Chapel, Pembrokeshire in glorious VR.
This C13th chapel (which may have foundations dating back to the C6th) sits cockled to the limestone cliffs of St. Govan's Head in Pembrokeshire.
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A Year in the life: 14 December 2022
Travelling along the lane to St. Melangells is an act of filtration, a redaction of modernity. The pressing matters of the day are pared down with each passing turn.
⛫ The Cast Room: The C11th Font at St. Peulan, Anglesey.
Welcome to my virtual Cast Room. On my travels, I've been taking augmented reality casts of things that appeal to me. The Cast Room is inspired by the Cast Courts of the V&A which hold a vast selection of casts taken of great works of art all over the globe. Members Only.
Journal Entry: 16 May 2023 - Day One
Here, whilst I make breakfast, I can see a cormorant on the lake - dipping beneath the glassy surface and appearing intermittently.
A Year in the Life: 23 March 2022
I’m there first thing and I feel anxious - there’s an overwhelming sense of inertia. I walk out into the churchyard to gather my thoughts and catch a dash of red text on a gravestone silhouetted against the rising tide at Y Foryd.
The Latch
During my visit, I enter the church via the porch which has an angel topped gate that houses a lock and latch that is a shrine in itself - a secular shrine to its maker.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest - 20 Jan 2023
It's whilst seeking out a good Danish that I'm at my most vulnerable - have been nearly run over a couple of times whilst transfixed by a shop window full of pastries.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest - 13 Jan 2023
Llandaff is to Cardiff as Vatican City is to Rome - although on a much smaller scale.
Be there: Llandaff Cathedral Wales in glorious VR
I love George Pace - for me, he was the only architect that confronted Gothic head on in the C20th - turning his designs into a new evolved form of Gothic that was representative of his age.