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Memories of Mir - Orbital Drift
A Metaphor Equation Micro-blog The first Briton in space, Helen Sharman. In Andrei Tarkovsky’s masterly 1972 film adaptation of Stanislaw...
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Jul 132 min read


A Wide Surmise: The Cabinet of Angela Carter
by Mark Stewart Still from The Company of Wolves Courtesy of The Cannon Group “One beast and one beast only howls in...
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Jul 138 min read


Memories of Mir - “The stuff of dreams…”
A Metaphor Equation Micro-blog Zero-G On the way to the launch ...
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Jun 292 min read


The Jackal is Loose
Remembering Frederick Forsyth (1938 – 2025) A Metaphor Equation Micro-blog Picture credit: Big Issue “It is cold at six-forty in the...
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Jun 292 min read


The Ministry of Misinformation – remembering George Orwell (1903-1950)
A Metaphor Equation Micro-blog If George Orwell were alive today, would he feel compelled to write Nineteen Eighty-Four ? Probably not....
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Jun 202 min read


The Drought by JG Ballard
A Metaphor Equation Micro-blog “One day you’ll drown in that much water, Doctor…” “On the desk by the stern window was the limestone...
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Jun 182 min read
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