“We will place ever more value on [musical, visual & written] works that seem made for their own sake, rather than ours. That’s bad news for the AI robots, which are explicitly designed to please us” Stay human, keep the wolf from the door, and keep creating. www.wired.com/story/art-ar... #aiart

In the early 70s, my dad (John Heaton) co-invented a feature that would reduce the risk of corrosion in the graphite housing of nuclear fuel in reactor cores. He was also a member of Greenpeace, and used to carry his logo-emblazoned umbrella into work. #BritishScienceWeek #STEM

“In January, Lockheed Martin signed a deal with the Pentagon to quadruple production of the THAAD interceptors — which each cost $12.77 million — from 96 to 400 per year.” responsiblestatecraft.org/iran-war-wea...

The Coventry Evening Telegraph building, photographed in 2017 before it was converted into the Telegraph Hotel. The synth sound installation was cancelled but all areas were still accessible. Curating Coventry’s farewell to the pop-up cultural hub: curatingcoventry.wordpress.com/tag/coventry...

Happy “I’ve Started But Fuck Knows If I’ll Finish” Day.

Tish Murtha was an amazing woman, and an incredible photographer. This is a wonderful documentary. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... #socialdocumentaryphotography

Abstract paintings inspired by lithium mining evaporation ponds on Chile’s Salar de Atacama salt flat, and the population decline therein of flamingos; two species of which breed nowhere else in the world. fionakonca.wordpress.com/2026/03/04/r... #ecology #environment #nature #netzero #technology

Women everywhere are extolling the single life – not least, Pamela Anderson | Polly Hudson

@laurenlaverne.bsky.social A wonderful interview with the wonderful James Blake. And please tell him that I’m not at all offended by his use of the word “shit”.

This is wonderful.

Churnet Valley fusions The pattern (hand drawn & painted) is from the Minton & Hollins tiled floor at Alton Station. More at fionakonca.wordpress.com/perpetuum/#f... and fionakonca.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/t... #abstract #art #history #nature #patterns #photography #Staffordshire

Good thing, where have you gone? My good thing, you've been gone too long.

Music video outtakes, 2025 Part 3: Three Chords and the Truth (Or, yes - rock stars DO still throw TVs out of windows) youtu.be/oqgejPgKjpk?... The “finished” video: youtu.be/LeQh3kkfiYI?... The full story: fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/a... #music #videography

Music video outtakes, 2025 Part 2: Small Town Boy (Or, never work with musicians or animals) youtu.be/Kq3Lm6vovjs?... The “finished” video: youtu.be/4uvHviVclyg?... The full story: fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/a... #music #videography

Music video outtakes, 2025 Part 1: Girls Don’t Cry (Yes, that’s me dressed as a fox at the beginning) youtu.be/TUT-jXLU9h4?... The “finished” video: youtu.be/pfTim5VRMUI?... The full story: fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/a... #music #videography

Takes me back to the 80s and art college. Dancing and snogging to Iggy Pop in the darkroom. Smoking weed in the canteen. Getting pissed at lunchtime. Dodging train fares and running away from the British Transport Police. I chose life then and still do now. youtu.be/SaP7qmsQbSI?... #Trainspotting

Help robots to be more human? Fuck that. uk.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk...

I love these landscapes by Ian, for the same reasons that I love British winters and Brutalist architecture.

A visual and written piece inspired by the restoration of Alton Station’s Minton & Hollins tiled floor (on the Churnet Valley Railway) and North Staffordshire’s Celtic and Roman history. Spoiler: they’re all connected. fionakonca.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/t... #geometricpatterns #Stoke-on-Trent

The only review I’ve read of brilliant TV drama ‘The Gathering’, that actually does it justice. Beautifully written, directed and acted, the series is a simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming masterpiece of social relevance. www.liverpoolsoundandvision.co.uk/2024/05/31/t... #Netflix

This morning. 3 weeks and 4 days away from 58. No makeup (apart from Vaseline on my chapped lips). No filter. Just contentment.

And I never felt human before you I never felt human before you I never felt human before you I never felt human before you arrived youtu.be/Nfj_PZWdD6g?...

One of my first crappy jobs, after leaving home at 18 to live in Bradford with my rock drummer brother, was at the Acropolis Coffee Lounge and Grill. I was bullied mercilessly and relentlessly by the local lasses (and management), for my “posh” Cheshire accent. I doubt anyone would wish for that.

My late father - a retired nuclear design engineer - used a slide rule when trying to teach me maths. In hindsight, it was a wonderful thing. I think my brother has it now. bsky.app/profile/hack...

“The core of the issue appears to be a disconnect between the hype surrounding generative AI and its practical, daily utility in a corporate environment.” Good. Having to sell this shit was one of the reasons I left my job in business technology sales. www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsoft-cu...

‘LIFE – and ALL THAT STUFF.’ An extract from my late mother’s memoirs - which recall in detail, her childhood during World War II - and some of my most treasured memories of her. fionakonca.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/l... #Britishhistory #childhoodmemories #memoirs #mymum #SecondWorldWar #WW2

My work with Stoke-on-Trent’s fantastic local music scene and wider community, and promotion of its green spaces: fionakonca.wordpress.com/stoke-on-tre... #communityphotographer #Stoke-on-Trent

Two gig posters (photography and design) and my first attempt at interviewing a band (for AUDR Radio), and photographing and reviewing their gig (all on the same night). My humble presence on the website of nationally acclaimed independent music venue The Sugarmill. Links below ⬇️ #Stoke-on-Trent

A beautiful tribute to Scotland’s 4 remaining giant cantilever cranes - towering relics of the country’s shipbuilding past I went to the top of the Clydebank Titan in 2013. Now a solitary figure on industrial wasteland, it was once the kingpin of John Brown’s shipyard www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Especially for you A couple of illustrated (very) short apocalyptic love stories, typewritten on an old Remington 11, which has been in my family since the 1960s. Happy Valentine’s Day 📷, 🎨 & ✍️: me More @ fionakonca.wordpress.com/virtuality/#... #creativewriting #poetry #visualart

So happy that @nin.com won a Grammy with this A highlight of mine & daughter’s autumn trip to Puglia was streaming the TRON: Ares soundtrack on the tv in our central Bari apartment. Accompanied by red wine & street sounds wafting in from the outside, it was 🖤 at 1st listen youtu.be/SnMyroAH0rg?...

THIS HAS MADE MY DECADE

“Immigration is just a wedge issue in this dynamic… This is pre-electioneering on behalf of the super-wealthy. A powerful [tax-exiled English billionaire] with skin in the game is trying to influence people into voting a certain way.” - Barney Ronay www.theguardian.com/football/202...

A Love Story Summarised, with highlights: How I met #PERPETUUM, where we’ve been, where we are now, and where we’re going. It’s the real thing. fionakonca.wordpress.com/2026/02/12/a... #Stoke-on-Trent #ceramic #ceramics #pottery #industry #Celtic #Islamic #Roman #art #history #drawing #painting

Is it just me who thinks Alex Turner is gonna sing “a bucket of piss” in the first line of ‘Opening Night’? #ArcticMonkeys

@lisaoneillmusic.bsky.social Your music is incredible, and beautiful. Two songs in on Guy Garvey’s Finest Hour, there are tears rolling down my face.

This morning’s progress (see previous post), fuelled by gallons of tea. Still a way to go Fibre-tip pen on mixed media paper Stay tuned here or on my website for the full story: fionakonca.wordpress.com/perpetuum/ #Mintontiledfloor #AltonStation #ChurnetValleyRailway #ChurnetValley #Staffordshire

Work in progress I’m attempting to visually recreate Alton Station’s Minton tiled floor - pre-restoration (I’m inspired by abandonment & decay) Using tracing paper, I’ve tessellated a motif adapted from a pattern (recreated further below) in Eric Broug’s #IslamicGeometricPatterns #PerpetuumStoke

“And if you don’t underestimate me, I won’t underestimate you.” - Bob Dylan My #communityphotography, and the stories behind it: fionakonca.wordpress.com/humans/ #community #communityphotographer #photographer #photography #socialdocumentary #Stoke-on-Trent

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” - Albert Einstein My #creativeart, and the stories behind it: fionakonca.wordpress.com/virtuality/ and fionakonca.wordpress.com/perpetuum/ #art #artist #creativeartist #Stoke-on-Trent #visualart #visualartist

Prophetic. #Tesla youtube.com/shorts/YNjWw...

Space-Time Travelling in The Mothership From Blackpool to the Severn Estuary, via the landing in my house: my daughter, “space-time travelling” across some of our favourite swathes of the British landscape fionakonca.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/s... #portraitphotography

The Severn Bridges (3/3) (Gel pen on photo) Bridging one of the many gaps between the natural and human-made worlds, the golden spiral is prevalent in both… The full story: fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/b... #bridges #civilengineering #Fibonaccisequence #fossils #goldenratio #SevernBridge

The Severn Bridges (2/3) A fusion of human and human-made “things of beauty”. My daughter wasn’t able to join me when I visited the Severn bridges a year ago, so I “teleported” her there (along with Blackpool promenade) #Blackpool #portraitphotography #PrinceofWalesBridge #SevernBridge #surreal

The Severn Bridges (1/3) A year ago, I photographed the Prince of Wales and Severn bridges near Bristol. The full story: fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/02/01/h... What followed (see next 2 posts) was a space and time traversing journey down a creative rabbit hole… #bridges #civilengineering

The photo in my gig poster for Andy Gower’s album launch also appears in my EP cover design for Three Chords & the Truth (available on all major streaming platforms) The full photoshoot is available here: fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/s... #graphicdesign #portraitphotography #Stoke-on-Trent

My gig poster for Andy Gower’s album launch. (His ‘Guns for Hire’ are the band accompanying him on stage) Tickets available via the link www.gigantic.com/andy-gower-t... #AndyGower #gig #gigposter #gigs #graphicdesign #livemusic #photography #Stoke-on-Trent #TheSugarmill

Better late than never? We keep meeting, and I’d like to get to know it better. (Also, it was only a fiver from World of Books) #philosophy

The end of Britain’s coal industry and coal-fired power stations - memories and musings: The View from Strange Street fionakonca.wordpress.com/human-made/#... No More the Dance fionakonca.wordpress.com/human-made/#... The Wrong Towers fionakonca.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/t... #coolingtowers