Mark Stewart
@markstewart2001.bsky.social
Writer, Editor ("Odyssey" magazine), Architect of "The Metaphor Equation." https://markdestewart.wixsite.com/the-metaphor-equatio Learning to live with cancer.
The latest issue of the arts and culture magazine “Odyssey” is out now! A massive thank you to both Lewis Dartnell and Sheila Kanani for their respective contributions, and to Jackie Burns for allowing us to feature more of her remarkable artwork for the cover. @artistburns.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The latest issue of the arts and culture magazine “Odyssey” is out now! A massive thank you to both Lewis Dartnell and Sheila Kanani for their respective contributions, and to Jackie Burns for allowing us to feature more of her remarkable artwork for the cover. @artistburns.bsky.social
Come on under 25! What are you waiting for? Interested in space, astronomy, art, science fiction, engineering? Then join the longest running Society devoted to all things space-related and get our arts and culture magazine free. Membership free for the under 25s!
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August 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Come on under 25! What are you waiting for? Interested in space, astronomy, art, science fiction, engineering? Then join the longest running Society devoted to all things space-related and get our arts and culture magazine free. Membership free for the under 25s!
www.bis-space.com/under25s/
www.bis-space.com/under25s/
Pathfinder Art #3: Did Chesley Bonestell’s wheeled space station prefigure the iconic design that later appeared in “2001: A Space Odyssey?” Read the full micro blog here: tinyurl.com/ydsr359r
August 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Pathfinder Art #3: Did Chesley Bonestell’s wheeled space station prefigure the iconic design that later appeared in “2001: A Space Odyssey?” Read the full micro blog here: tinyurl.com/ydsr359r
The latest issue of "Odyssey" features some amazing artwork by Jackie Burns, and we open our book cover corner with a classic Josh Kirby painting. Plus articles on Ray Bradbury and HG Wells, and part 2 of our interview with Helen Sharman. Message me if you'd like to know more...
August 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The latest issue of "Odyssey" features some amazing artwork by Jackie Burns, and we open our book cover corner with a classic Josh Kirby painting. Plus articles on Ray Bradbury and HG Wells, and part 2 of our interview with Helen Sharman. Message me if you'd like to know more...
As the first hose pipe bans kick-in will people soon be fighting in supermarket aisles for bottles of water the way they once fought for toilet rolls during the covid lockdowns? Read more here: markdestewart.wixsite.com/the-metaphor...
July 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
As the first hose pipe bans kick-in will people soon be fighting in supermarket aisles for bottles of water the way they once fought for toilet rolls during the covid lockdowns? Read more here: markdestewart.wixsite.com/the-metaphor...
Has to be these...
July 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Has to be these...
Read the latest instalment in the series of micro-blogs: "Memories of Mir." What does Helen Sharman's 1991 space mission have in common with the movie "Solaris?" Find out here in "Orbital Drift..."
tinyurl.com/yc8es5fn
tinyurl.com/yc8es5fn
July 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Read the latest instalment in the series of micro-blogs: "Memories of Mir." What does Helen Sharman's 1991 space mission have in common with the movie "Solaris?" Find out here in "Orbital Drift..."
tinyurl.com/yc8es5fn
tinyurl.com/yc8es5fn
“The Jackal is Loose” – remembering the man and his novels: my micro-blog on the life and work of Frederick Forsyth free to read here:
markdestewart.wixsite.com/the-metaphor...
Author image: Getty
markdestewart.wixsite.com/the-metaphor...
Author image: Getty
July 6, 2025 at 5:47 AM
“The Jackal is Loose” – remembering the man and his novels: my micro-blog on the life and work of Frederick Forsyth free to read here:
markdestewart.wixsite.com/the-metaphor...
Author image: Getty
markdestewart.wixsite.com/the-metaphor...
Author image: Getty
My new website – “The Metaphor Equation”– now up and running, featuring micro-blogs on JG Ballard, Frederick Forsyth, George Orwell, plus the first in a series of mini-essays about Helen Sharman – “Memories of Mir.” Visit my website to solve the equation.
markdestewart.wixsite.com/the-metaphor...
markdestewart.wixsite.com/the-metaphor...
July 5, 2025 at 6:29 AM
My new website – “The Metaphor Equation”– now up and running, featuring micro-blogs on JG Ballard, Frederick Forsyth, George Orwell, plus the first in a series of mini-essays about Helen Sharman – “Memories of Mir.” Visit my website to solve the equation.
markdestewart.wixsite.com/the-metaphor...
markdestewart.wixsite.com/the-metaphor...
Want to get away from it all and escape into low Earth orbit? The July issue of “Odyssey” magazine is still taking onboard passengers! Read part one of our interview with Helen Sharman: Memoirs of a Spacewoman! www.bis-space.com/publications... @artistburns.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Want to get away from it all and escape into low Earth orbit? The July issue of “Odyssey” magazine is still taking onboard passengers! Read part one of our interview with Helen Sharman: Memoirs of a Spacewoman! www.bis-space.com/publications... @artistburns.bsky.social
Shout out for help please from all the sci-fi/space/astronomy artists out there please! Does anyone know who the artist is for this iconic Corgi cover? Bruce Pennington, perhaps? The paperback itself doesn't say. Any help much appreciated.
@nick-stevens.com @artistburns.bsky.social
@nick-stevens.com @artistburns.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Shout out for help please from all the sci-fi/space/astronomy artists out there please! Does anyone know who the artist is for this iconic Corgi cover? Bruce Pennington, perhaps? The paperback itself doesn't say. Any help much appreciated.
@nick-stevens.com @artistburns.bsky.social
@nick-stevens.com @artistburns.bsky.social
Micro-blog now available on “The Metaphor Equation” website, celebrating the life and work of George Orwell on the anniversary of his birth. Was his most famous novel a work of fiction or history written ahead of its time? Read the full mini-essay here: markdestewart.wixsite.com/the-metaphor... #OTD
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Micro-blog now available on “The Metaphor Equation” website, celebrating the life and work of George Orwell on the anniversary of his birth. Was his most famous novel a work of fiction or history written ahead of its time? Read the full mini-essay here: markdestewart.wixsite.com/the-metaphor... #OTD
The late Ken Gatland may not be as famous as Ray Bradbury, but the two writers had much in common sharing dreams of “rocket summers” and expeditions to other worlds - read the full micro blog here: tinyurl.com/3p8zb5d2
#Odyssey #BritishInterplanetarySociety
#Odyssey #BritishInterplanetarySociety
June 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The late Ken Gatland may not be as famous as Ray Bradbury, but the two writers had much in common sharing dreams of “rocket summers” and expeditions to other worlds - read the full micro blog here: tinyurl.com/3p8zb5d2
#Odyssey #BritishInterplanetarySociety
#Odyssey #BritishInterplanetarySociety
Pathfinder Art #1: Chesley Bonestell’s art embodies the spirit of the BIS motto - “From imagination to reality.” It might be termed “pathfinder art” pointing the way to worlds which human beings might one day explore, courtesy of machines they might one day build. @artistburns.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Pathfinder Art #1: Chesley Bonestell’s art embodies the spirit of the BIS motto - “From imagination to reality.” It might be termed “pathfinder art” pointing the way to worlds which human beings might one day explore, courtesy of machines they might one day build. @artistburns.bsky.social
Remembering the ongoing cultural impact of “2001: A Space Odyssey” on the birthday of Keir Dullea, who got to say one of the most famous (and enigmatic) lines in the history of the cinema: “My, god! It’s full of stars!” Still wondering what it really meant. #KeirDullea #Odyssey #BIS
May 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Remembering the ongoing cultural impact of “2001: A Space Odyssey” on the birthday of Keir Dullea, who got to say one of the most famous (and enigmatic) lines in the history of the cinema: “My, god! It’s full of stars!” Still wondering what it really meant. #KeirDullea #Odyssey #BIS
Happy birthday to Helen Sharman. The first Britain to travel into space: an eight day mission, including six on the Mir Space Station. Pre-flight training included 18 months in Star City and having to content with the world’s media! Still seizing the moment! @artistburns.bsky.social #BIS #Odyssey
May 30, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Happy birthday to Helen Sharman. The first Britain to travel into space: an eight day mission, including six on the Mir Space Station. Pre-flight training included 18 months in Star City and having to content with the world’s media! Still seizing the moment! @artistburns.bsky.social #BIS #Odyssey
The overlap of fact and fiction: one of “Analog’s” famous magazine covers echoes "Project Daedalus” – a 1970s study by the British Interplanetary Society to design a plausible un-crewed interstellar probe...read in full here:
tinyurl.com/486xjfd5
#BritishInterplanetarySociety #Odyssey
tinyurl.com/486xjfd5
#BritishInterplanetarySociety #Odyssey
May 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The overlap of fact and fiction: one of “Analog’s” famous magazine covers echoes "Project Daedalus” – a 1970s study by the British Interplanetary Society to design a plausible un-crewed interstellar probe...read in full here:
tinyurl.com/486xjfd5
#BritishInterplanetarySociety #Odyssey
tinyurl.com/486xjfd5
#BritishInterplanetarySociety #Odyssey
The overlap of fact and fiction: a Japanese Ball Camera - looking just like a “Star Wars” droid - tests the automated capture of crew photographs and videos aboard the International Space Station. More in this month's BIS “SpaceFlight” magazine. lnkd.in/gB5PXUtu
📷JAXA/TAKUYA ONISHI #BIS #Odyssey
📷JAXA/TAKUYA ONISHI #BIS #Odyssey
May 21, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The overlap of fact and fiction: a Japanese Ball Camera - looking just like a “Star Wars” droid - tests the automated capture of crew photographs and videos aboard the International Space Station. More in this month's BIS “SpaceFlight” magazine. lnkd.in/gB5PXUtu
📷JAXA/TAKUYA ONISHI #BIS #Odyssey
📷JAXA/TAKUYA ONISHI #BIS #Odyssey
The latest issue of the British Interplanetary Society's "SpaceFlight" magazine out now: essential reading for all star-gazers, space enthusiasts and aerospace professionals. Plus all the latest BIS news including the launch of the updated history of the Society - "Interplanetary." #BIS #Odyssey
May 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
“In space no one can hear you scream.” But can they hear you think? And what would the crew of the “Nostromo” have made of Space Station Mir? Read the first in our “Memories of Mir” micro essays: tinyurl.com/rjzc2cah
We interview Helen Sharman in the July issue of “Odyssey.”
@adamroberts.bsky.social
We interview Helen Sharman in the July issue of “Odyssey.”
@adamroberts.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
“In space no one can hear you scream.” But can they hear you think? And what would the crew of the “Nostromo” have made of Space Station Mir? Read the first in our “Memories of Mir” micro essays: tinyurl.com/rjzc2cah
We interview Helen Sharman in the July issue of “Odyssey.”
@adamroberts.bsky.social
We interview Helen Sharman in the July issue of “Odyssey.”
@adamroberts.bsky.social
On this day in 1991, Helen Sharman made history as the first Briton in space, spending eight days onboard the Mir space station. A chemist by profession, she conducted important research in biology, physics, and chemistry during her time in orbit. A literal trailblazer.
May 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
On this day in 1991, Helen Sharman made history as the first Briton in space, spending eight days onboard the Mir space station. A chemist by profession, she conducted important research in biology, physics, and chemistry during her time in orbit. A literal trailblazer.
Coming soon in the BIS arts and culture magazine, "Odyssey": Part One of our interview with Helen Sharman. Don’t miss it! The image below shows Helen receiving her BIS Astronaut Pin along with fellow space traveller Richard Garriott in 2009.
@wilwheaton.net @artistburns.bsky.social
@wilwheaton.net @artistburns.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Coming soon in the BIS arts and culture magazine, "Odyssey": Part One of our interview with Helen Sharman. Don’t miss it! The image below shows Helen receiving her BIS Astronaut Pin along with fellow space traveller Richard Garriott in 2009.
@wilwheaton.net @artistburns.bsky.social
@wilwheaton.net @artistburns.bsky.social
As we get ready to welcome Dr Enrico Flamini to Arthur C. Clarke house for tonight's lecture, remembering the man we named the building after, who joined the BIS at the age of 16 and supported the Society throughout his life. His portrait greets visitors on their arrival. @artistburns.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
As we get ready to welcome Dr Enrico Flamini to Arthur C. Clarke house for tonight's lecture, remembering the man we named the building after, who joined the BIS at the age of 16 and supported the Society throughout his life. His portrait greets visitors on their arrival. @artistburns.bsky.social
The BIS championed spaceflight long before many people took such ventures seriously, laying out a highway to the moon. Here is a chance to set out on that path, a route that shows just how far you can travel with a little imagination…read more here: tinyurl.com/2xurekpz @artistburns.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The BIS championed spaceflight long before many people took such ventures seriously, laying out a highway to the moon. Here is a chance to set out on that path, a route that shows just how far you can travel with a little imagination…read more here: tinyurl.com/2xurekpz @artistburns.bsky.social
In the May issue of “Odyssey” - in the 1960s, “New Worlds” magazine heralded a more mature approach to SF, and showcased work by authors such as Michael Moorcock, Brian Aldiss, Thomas M. Disch, Harry Harrison and John Brunner. Still the template for any serious SF based lit mag. Still impactful.
May 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
In the May issue of “Odyssey” - in the 1960s, “New Worlds” magazine heralded a more mature approach to SF, and showcased work by authors such as Michael Moorcock, Brian Aldiss, Thomas M. Disch, Harry Harrison and John Brunner. Still the template for any serious SF based lit mag. Still impactful.