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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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Heron of Hawthornden

Posted on February 3, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

Heron of Hawthornden is published – now as a Grey Suit Editions UK special illustrated chap-book. I wrote two dizains a day for the length of my 2017 residency in the castle. The sequence is accompanied by my own water-colours. Click … Continue reading →

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Tango at the Room – Improvers/advanced class and Practica

Posted on January 21, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

REGULAR SUNDAY CLASS AND PRACTICA – Class resumes September 2022. 11 am – 2.30 pm (warm-up from 10.30pm) One and a half hour Tango Class followed by one and a half hour Practica, guided by Anthony Howell, at The Room, … Continue reading →

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At Seventeen – (Feels like it feels approaching seventy)

Posted on January 14, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

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Lovely song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMUz2TNMvL0 ?

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The London Party

Posted on January 6, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

The London Party aims to establish London as a city state independent of England and the United Kingdom. London will secede from England and relinquish any claim to the capital of England. There will no longer be London members of … Continue reading →

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BATRACHIANS

Posted on January 6, 2020 by anthonyhowelljournal

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A wary nod suffices on the cycle track. It follows an extensive reach where breezes Dint the idling river. Clustered round A sewer’s lid, cow parsley thrives, as muddied Clouds abet the treacherous stillness of This…

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