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Poet, essayist, dancer, performance artist....

Judge Napolitano interviews Sergey Lavrov for The Great Game

“A piano in the bushes” is a Russian expression for an obviously prearranged or implausible coincidence presented as if it happened by chance—especially a convenient plot device that suddenly helps the characters. Example: A character needs to escape, and suddenly … Continue reading

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Grey Suit Editions: Catalogue of all Published Videos

Grey Suit Editions was originally a magazine on VHS videotape. This was back in the nineties. Years later, the British Film Institute helped us to digitise all thirteen hours of video material – featuring performance art, poets reading, experimental film … Continue reading

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Tango Schumann does Jazz

Tango Schumann not only danced tango to classical music, we also enjoyed dancing to jazz, and this was a performance Lindi De Angelis and I did in Brighton – back in 2010.

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A Talk about my Performance Work at the LCF

Nick Wood – formerly Lecturer at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama gave a talk today – Anthony Howell: the world turned upside down In the conference on Critical Costume 2026 at The London College of Fashion An … Continue reading

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Edward Field dies at the age of 102

The poet of simply describing it as it is. One of my favourite writers. x WORLD WAR 11 x It was over Target Berlin the flak shot up our plane just as we were dumping bombs on the already smoking … Continue reading

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Metaphysical Sonnets by Arturo Nathan

Hugely pleased that these six metaphysical sonnets by Arturo Nathan have appeared in The Fortnightly Review Intrigued to discover a metaphysical painter I had not heard about, I bought several catalogues of Arturo Nathan’s work. In one I found these … Continue reading

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Is it Necessary to Get out of Equilibrium?

Is it necessary to get out of equilibrium? This is a question asked, but never answered, by Daniil Kharms (1905-1942), the extraordinary Russian writer who is the master of the inconsequential. I don’t want to label him “absurd” as that would … Continue reading

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Three Pessimistic Poems

GROUNDING YOUR STANCE x Thought emerges out of a blur of language. It may be Not quite a thought, or a wrong thought like the picture Which doesn’t match the pieces in your puzzle. You tug at the thought, it … Continue reading

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Slide Shows and Videos on YouTube

Click on my YouTube Channel Link It takes you to several performance art videos and videos of the slideshows I made a few years ago – many drawn with the eyes closed. There are also slideshows which accompany readings and … Continue reading

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Self-Portrait in a Drought

x I am a persona, I would say; a caricature by Cruikshank Of myself. Like a comedian, I’ve contrived my role. So I am not aiming for authenticity, more, exaggeration. Braggadocio. Something out of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Made … Continue reading

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