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About anthonyhowelljournal

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

Tango Schumann does Jazz

Posted on September 10, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

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

Posted on September 9, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

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

Posted on September 7, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

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

Posted on August 29, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

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?

Posted on August 28, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

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

Posted on August 22, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

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

Posted on August 21, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

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

Posted on August 9, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

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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The Lost Child in Kensington Gardens

Posted on August 5, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

The French invented impressionism and modernism: the British invented children’s literature and nonsense poetry. Zola’s Nana can say, Fuck me! to a young man paying her a surprise visit. For a British writer of the same period, that is quite … Continue reading →

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Some Days

Posted on July 18, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x Some days I am charged with an idea. Other days, There’s nothing there, that is, the mind’s so filled with self There’s room for little else. I need to walk away, Free the mind of me. Trouble is, at … Continue reading →

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