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

Write where we are now

Posted on May 2, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

Pleased to see two more poems of mine in Write where we are Now Carol Ann Duffy’s initiative with Manchester University, during lock-down. They have used four. I must say, I am encouraged! My thanks to all involved. Scroll down … Continue reading →

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Painted Pallets, April 2020…

Posted on April 21, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

  40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 Click here for Painted Pallets 1- 20  When I paint figurative watercolours, I always have a piece of paper … Continue reading →

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Painted Pallets, March 2020…

Posted on April 4, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

  20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13   12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5   4 3 2 1 Project started mid-March 2020. I took the sheets used as pallets for my figurative water-colours and decided … Continue reading →

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Two Families of Rats

Posted on March 26, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

Sonnet VII, from Immoral Sonnets, published in Sonnets, 1999, Grey Suit Editions x Two families of rats were placed inside Some rooms which set a limit to their space. Adequately housed, they multiplied; Indeed, their population grew apace. Next, overcrowding caused them to decide … Continue reading →

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“Children’s shoes have far to go.”

Posted on March 23, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.” Boyd K. Packer Watch Jack Chapple. x CHILDREN’S SHOES x Have far to go, And the road stretches Ahead of them All the way to infinity. x Romper … Continue reading →

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Theatre Reviews

Posted on March 20, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

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Here is a review in the Fortnightly of Christopher Reid’s Love, Loss and Chianti. 20 March 2020 – subject to postponement. Worth seeing when it returns. XXXXXXXX Here is my review of two intriguing plays in…

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Trippin

Posted on March 18, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

Click the link to watch Trippin This is a dance video set in the wonderful communist monuments of what was Yugoslavia. These were often erected to commemorate resistance against the Nazis. The photographer Xiao-Yang took got some amazing images out … Continue reading →

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The Antonine Plague

Posted on March 16, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

At first it was simply a mild irritation At his slightly buck-toothed expression. He carried on, convincingly enough, But then there was his lisp, you hardly heard it At first, but gradually it became unmissable: THs as Fs. It was … Continue reading →

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Is There a Third Way?

Posted on March 11, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

A few months ago, as a joke, I suggested the start of The London Party, but I have been watching the astute Kim Iverson discuss a coalition of right-wing libertarian and socialist factions in US politics. Recently for instance, Ron … Continue reading →

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Tree Poetry at the Room April 1, 2020

Posted on March 2, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

Poetry at the Room I am afraid this event is now postponed. TREE POETRY –  A COMMEMORATION EVENING FOR WANGARI MAATHAI Nobel Peace Laureate and founder of The Green Belt Movement Sponsored by Tottenham Trees with Kenyans in Diaspora. Entry … Continue reading →

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