Dr James Alexander Cameron
@drjacameron.stainedglassattitudes.com
Freelance art and architectural historian with focus on English medieval churches but love poking around all buildings.
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Spacefleet Ecclesiastica: Cathedrals of the Holy Roman Empire
YouTube video by Stained Glass Attitudes
www.youtube.com
Didn't quite make it out in 2025 but Spacefleet Holy Roman Empire is finally done (The last full-blown "cathedrals in space" I put out was way back in May 2021!)
Still got England to do some day, but still waiting on getting a model of Lichfield...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIQa...
Still got England to do some day, but still waiting on getting a model of Lichfield...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIQa...
has this thing been milkshake-ducked yet? well here I am in the outer rim under the squashed-dog people
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
has this thing been milkshake-ducked yet? well here I am in the outer rim under the squashed-dog people
dudes rock
February 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
dudes rock
took me ages but finally got a plan of the archaeology of the Burg in Bruges to find the exact spot of the Sint-Donaaskerk, raised to a cathedral in 1559 and demolished for materials 1799-1800.
Now I've got a bit ambitious and have tried to rebuild it
Now I've got a bit ambitious and have tried to rebuild it
February 2, 2026 at 9:47 PM
took me ages but finally got a plan of the archaeology of the Burg in Bruges to find the exact spot of the Sint-Donaaskerk, raised to a cathedral in 1559 and demolished for materials 1799-1800.
Now I've got a bit ambitious and have tried to rebuild it
Now I've got a bit ambitious and have tried to rebuild it
Huge drop of new G-Earth 3D in the UK today... basically the Peak District, and Shrewsbury (the latter not surprising since there's been a sliver over the hospital area for a while, but very welcome)
However, the "Lichfield gap" looks more ridiculous than ever now. c'mon! really??
However, the "Lichfield gap" looks more ridiculous than ever now. c'mon! really??
February 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Huge drop of new G-Earth 3D in the UK today... basically the Peak District, and Shrewsbury (the latter not surprising since there's been a sliver over the hospital area for a while, but very welcome)
However, the "Lichfield gap" looks more ridiculous than ever now. c'mon! really??
However, the "Lichfield gap" looks more ridiculous than ever now. c'mon! really??
Been having problems trying to get blender models onto Sketchfab, but now I find out the site has been bought out by Epic Games and is going to be trashed in favour of the new FAB which is basically a for-profit content shop
Terrible for the educators, architects, museums etc who actively use it!
Terrible for the educators, architects, museums etc who actively use it!
January 27, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Been having problems trying to get blender models onto Sketchfab, but now I find out the site has been bought out by Epic Games and is going to be trashed in favour of the new FAB which is basically a for-profit content shop
Terrible for the educators, architects, museums etc who actively use it!
Terrible for the educators, architects, museums etc who actively use it!
really enjoyed Harry Hill's new independent YouTube show with Stewart Lee, who seemed determined to deconstruct the whole affair from the outset, with a surprise segment about medieval castles with Matt Lewis who I did a podchat with years ago!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhJx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhJx...
The Harry Hill Show - Stewart Lee
YouTube video by HARRY HILL
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:59 PM
really enjoyed Harry Hill's new independent YouTube show with Stewart Lee, who seemed determined to deconstruct the whole affair from the outset, with a surprise segment about medieval castles with Matt Lewis who I did a podchat with years ago!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhJx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhJx...
People go on about how awful Twitter/X is, and it is absolutely beyond even maintaining a presence on, but Facebook shoves loads of hateful content at me on my burner account. Just looking now I got endless hatred at this 23-year-old woman from Wales who works in health, and pure Holocaust denial.
January 21, 2026 at 8:52 PM
People go on about how awful Twitter/X is, and it is absolutely beyond even maintaining a presence on, but Facebook shoves loads of hateful content at me on my burner account. Just looking now I got endless hatred at this 23-year-old woman from Wales who works in health, and pure Holocaust denial.
Didn't quite make it out in 2025 but Spacefleet Holy Roman Empire is finally done (The last full-blown "cathedrals in space" I put out was way back in May 2021!)
Still got England to do some day, but still waiting on getting a model of Lichfield...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIQa...
Still got England to do some day, but still waiting on getting a model of Lichfield...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIQa...
Spacefleet Ecclesiastica: Cathedrals of the Holy Roman Empire
YouTube video by Stained Glass Attitudes
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Didn't quite make it out in 2025 but Spacefleet Holy Roman Empire is finally done (The last full-blown "cathedrals in space" I put out was way back in May 2021!)
Still got England to do some day, but still waiting on getting a model of Lichfield...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIQa...
Still got England to do some day, but still waiting on getting a model of Lichfield...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIQa...
Reposted by Dr James Alexander Cameron
BoM165: The bridge at Semer Water is classic Yorkshire: simple, solid, and a fundamental part of the landscape. Sound in general, but for cement mortar pointing, cumulative damage from negligent driving is compounded by trees growing in the cracks.
www.billharveyassociates.com/bom/165-seme...
www.billharveyassociates.com/bom/165-seme...
165. Semer Water, North Yorkshire — Bill Harvey Associates Limited
To get started, the bridge over the river Bain at Semer Water is classic Yorkshire: simple, solid, and a fundamental part of the landscape as well as important infrastructure. It looks sound in genera...
www.billharveyassociates.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:43 PM
BoM165: The bridge at Semer Water is classic Yorkshire: simple, solid, and a fundamental part of the landscape. Sound in general, but for cement mortar pointing, cumulative damage from negligent driving is compounded by trees growing in the cracks.
www.billharveyassociates.com/bom/165-seme...
www.billharveyassociates.com/bom/165-seme...
Beautiful coffin for bassist Gary "Mani" Mounfield carried out of Manchester Cathedral by pallbearers Ian Brown, Andrew Innes, Alan "Reni" Wren (right-hand) and Bobby Gillespie, John Squire (painter of the album cover that is on the coffin) and Liam Gallagher (left-hand). From the MEN live feed.
December 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Beautiful coffin for bassist Gary "Mani" Mounfield carried out of Manchester Cathedral by pallbearers Ian Brown, Andrew Innes, Alan "Reni" Wren (right-hand) and Bobby Gillespie, John Squire (painter of the album cover that is on the coffin) and Liam Gallagher (left-hand). From the MEN live feed.
Other day I dreamt someone was cutting my copy of the Age of Chivalry catalogue (Alexander/Binski 1987) with scissors. I was all not having this and punched them. However for some reason I actually threw a punch and hit my bedside table so hard I couldn't use my right hand properly for 24 hours.
December 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Other day I dreamt someone was cutting my copy of the Age of Chivalry catalogue (Alexander/Binski 1987) with scissors. I was all not having this and punched them. However for some reason I actually threw a punch and hit my bedside table so hard I couldn't use my right hand properly for 24 hours.
Radio 4 is just unlistenable now. I never have it on anymore. Even in the car. OK The Moral Maze is extremely bad and has been for a very long time, but there's barely anything on it now that isn't noise trying to keep tabloid Britain exactly how it is, forever.
December 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Radio 4 is just unlistenable now. I never have it on anymore. Even in the car. OK The Moral Maze is extremely bad and has been for a very long time, but there's barely anything on it now that isn't noise trying to keep tabloid Britain exactly how it is, forever.
Gorgeous Don-Bluth inspired commercial for Norwegian recycling company Infinitum.
Ending text: Flasker og bokser kan få nytt liv. Det kan ikke dyra. / Bottles and cans can be given a new life. Animals can't.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2twI...
Ending text: Flasker og bokser kan få nytt liv. Det kan ikke dyra. / Bottles and cans can be given a new life. Animals can't.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2twI...
Infinitum - Christmas commercial 2025
YouTube video by Infinitum No
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Gorgeous Don-Bluth inspired commercial for Norwegian recycling company Infinitum.
Ending text: Flasker og bokser kan få nytt liv. Det kan ikke dyra. / Bottles and cans can be given a new life. Animals can't.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2twI...
Ending text: Flasker og bokser kan få nytt liv. Det kan ikke dyra. / Bottles and cans can be given a new life. Animals can't.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2twI...
Henry Eatock-Taylor's sermon here to Reform UK "Christian Fellowship for Reform" launch at St Michael Cornhill in the City. Starts off getting some titters with "what if the Nativity were woke" bit and ends up saying Christ "got cancelled in our place". very normal
www.youtube.com/live/fyZnnm0...
www.youtube.com/live/fyZnnm0...
Christian Fellowship for Reform Launch
YouTube video by Reform UK
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Henry Eatock-Taylor's sermon here to Reform UK "Christian Fellowship for Reform" launch at St Michael Cornhill in the City. Starts off getting some titters with "what if the Nativity were woke" bit and ends up saying Christ "got cancelled in our place". very normal
www.youtube.com/live/fyZnnm0...
www.youtube.com/live/fyZnnm0...
Made a return visit to the Santiago Yahuarcani (b.1960) exhibition at Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester for works harnessing the ancestral memory of the Peruvian Amazon. Hugely fascinating in so many dimensions, but one thing that is impressive the visceral materiality of the works.
![Origen de la fuerza [origin of the force], 2025.
The title of work is written in the centre, with the english word eclipse, bracketed below.
Two figures, labelled "perico" and "rubio" clash in the centre of the picture field, with chains leading from their waists to the edges. "perico" is aligned with the crescent moon above, and seems to represent night and darkness, and is of deep inky celestial blues and cool yellows of stars. "Rubio" is aligned with the ball of the sun and is warm, earthy browns and oranges. Behind them they trail a rich field of human figures, eyes and other creatures in their respective palettes.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4dgydito7sq5a5vzdsro3ve4/bafkreif6w4aumnvvlp7p2345ooqpkmwwmqkzui7dqgga2aebvumm4wue7e@jpeg)
December 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Made a return visit to the Santiago Yahuarcani (b.1960) exhibition at Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester for works harnessing the ancestral memory of the Peruvian Amazon. Hugely fascinating in so many dimensions, but one thing that is impressive the visceral materiality of the works.
might have listened to this French self-dubbed "Roman extreme metal" band if they didn't have a dogshit AI generated cover.
If you got a child you're babysitting to make you an album cover in an evening, it'd be more ethical and artful than shit like this.
If you got a child you're babysitting to make you an album cover in an evening, it'd be more ethical and artful than shit like this.
December 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
might have listened to this French self-dubbed "Roman extreme metal" band if they didn't have a dogshit AI generated cover.
If you got a child you're babysitting to make you an album cover in an evening, it'd be more ethical and artful than shit like this.
If you got a child you're babysitting to make you an album cover in an evening, it'd be more ethical and artful than shit like this.
Reposted by Dr James Alexander Cameron
If Brits wants to keep heritage buildings standing, we'll need to seriously consider measures like this too. Church assets look pretty small once you divide them amongst the thousands of buildings that need urgent work.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Proposal to give Jersey churches £50k a year for maintenance
Constable Karen Shenton-Stone says the buildings suffer from
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If Brits wants to keep heritage buildings standing, we'll need to seriously consider measures like this too. Church assets look pretty small once you divide them amongst the thousands of buildings that need urgent work.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
made a rare venture on the Everything App where you are nay but a click away from the most racist thing you've ever seen, but saw this intriguing (yet obvious RETVRN bait) trending video of nuns singing in... some sort of weird-looking church? is it early 19thc French neo-gothic?
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
made a rare venture on the Everything App where you are nay but a click away from the most racist thing you've ever seen, but saw this intriguing (yet obvious RETVRN bait) trending video of nuns singing in... some sort of weird-looking church? is it early 19thc French neo-gothic?
I saw this column flipping through a Country Life on the shelf and was hoping to find it online. Here it is!
Am fully behind the thrust that parish churches need some government support, beyond all the silly stuff about them paying their own way as Post Offices and yoga venues (with stone floors??).
Am fully behind the thrust that parish churches need some government support, beyond all the silly stuff about them paying their own way as Post Offices and yoga venues (with stone floors??).
An apposite comparison by Fiona Reynolds with the state of country houses 50 years ago...
November 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I saw this column flipping through a Country Life on the shelf and was hoping to find it online. Here it is!
Am fully behind the thrust that parish churches need some government support, beyond all the silly stuff about them paying their own way as Post Offices and yoga venues (with stone floors??).
Am fully behind the thrust that parish churches need some government support, beyond all the silly stuff about them paying their own way as Post Offices and yoga venues (with stone floors??).
Commentary tedious for decades ("it's a bad neo-Gothic building anyway!" "turn it into a museum!" "it's too full of corridors with little rooms to turn it into a museum!")
Core problem is the utilities. there's loads of defunct cables/pipes that are fire risks. Needs completely stripping out.
Core problem is the utilities. there's loads of defunct cables/pipes that are fire risks. Needs completely stripping out.
EXCL:
Final decision on restoring the Palace of Westminster will be delayed until 2030s
MPs were expected to vote by the end of 2025 on a way forward for fixing the crumbling parliament, but that now won't happen
Story w/@danbloom1.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
Final decision on restoring the Palace of Westminster will be delayed until 2030s
MPs were expected to vote by the end of 2025 on a way forward for fixing the crumbling parliament, but that now won't happen
Story w/@danbloom1.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
Final decision on fate of crumbling UK parliament delayed to 2030s
It’s a fire-hazard that’s prone to tumbling masonry — but fear of a public backlash is again delaying repairs to the world famous building.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Commentary tedious for decades ("it's a bad neo-Gothic building anyway!" "turn it into a museum!" "it's too full of corridors with little rooms to turn it into a museum!")
Core problem is the utilities. there's loads of defunct cables/pipes that are fire risks. Needs completely stripping out.
Core problem is the utilities. there's loads of defunct cables/pipes that are fire risks. Needs completely stripping out.
BBC article takes "cash in the attic" angle on this, but it's hardly a surprise a painting of this age and quality will fetch a few million
"Insurance and security costs" are quoted as the reason to sell it, but it seems sad its monetary value causes it leave the place it was (probably) painted for
"Insurance and security costs" are quoted as the reason to sell it, but it seems sad its monetary value causes it leave the place it was (probably) painted for
A late medieval altarpiece in St Johns' Almshouse, Sherborne, Dorset, has been identified as produced in Brussels in the 1480s. Traditionally belonging to the almshouse since before the Reformation, then concealed, & re-hung in the C19th.
Now to be sold at Sotheby's.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Now to be sold at Sotheby's.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
BBC article takes "cash in the attic" angle on this, but it's hardly a surprise a painting of this age and quality will fetch a few million
"Insurance and security costs" are quoted as the reason to sell it, but it seems sad its monetary value causes it leave the place it was (probably) painted for
"Insurance and security costs" are quoted as the reason to sell it, but it seems sad its monetary value causes it leave the place it was (probably) painted for
It would be Westminster Abbey, wouldn't it
(Currently £31/£28 concessions)
(Currently £31/£28 concessions)
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It would be Westminster Abbey, wouldn't it
(Currently £31/£28 concessions)
(Currently £31/£28 concessions)
Back in the spectacular art deco Manchester Apollo (G2 listed) for first time in nearly 20 years for Saxon doing all of 1980 album Wheels of Steel, with NWOBHM legend Brian Tatler of Diamond Head on guitar.
Wish they had being doing the album behind them here though, as that's my favourite
Wish they had being doing the album behind them here though, as that's my favourite
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Back in the spectacular art deco Manchester Apollo (G2 listed) for first time in nearly 20 years for Saxon doing all of 1980 album Wheels of Steel, with NWOBHM legend Brian Tatler of Diamond Head on guitar.
Wish they had being doing the album behind them here though, as that's my favourite
Wish they had being doing the album behind them here though, as that's my favourite
For Guy Fawkes' Night, a cartoon of an enormous cartoon of The Guy Himself, pumped up to Buttlord GT proportions, which is too big to fit through Westminster Hall N porch
A parody of grand classical history painting (such as B.R. Haydon) by George Cruikshank, printed in The Comic Almanack July 1844
A parody of grand classical history painting (such as B.R. Haydon) by George Cruikshank, printed in The Comic Almanack July 1844
November 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
For Guy Fawkes' Night, a cartoon of an enormous cartoon of The Guy Himself, pumped up to Buttlord GT proportions, which is too big to fit through Westminster Hall N porch
A parody of grand classical history painting (such as B.R. Haydon) by George Cruikshank, printed in The Comic Almanack July 1844
A parody of grand classical history painting (such as B.R. Haydon) by George Cruikshank, printed in The Comic Almanack July 1844
yeah I was right with that, a huge chunk of S England between London and the S coast, and filling in some gaps along the latter. past noon EST on a Monday so they've updated.
November 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
yeah I was right with that, a huge chunk of S England between London and the S coast, and filling in some gaps along the latter. past noon EST on a Monday so they've updated.