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About anthonyhowelljournal

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

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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MPASTURAVACCHE – Jatun Risba at The Room

Posted on December 28, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

In December 2019 I was honoured to host MPASTURAVACCHE: The milk-suckling snake (2019) – a one-to-one performance created and performed by Jatun Risba– at my space The Room, in Tottenham Hale, London. Risba states her own motives and intentions in texts … Continue reading →

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Whatever happened to Hapi?

Posted on December 25, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

“Lord of the Fish and Birds of the Marshes” and “Lord of the River Bringing Vegetation”, Hapi is the Egyptian God of the Nile. He has one pendulous breast full of nourishment, as well as a pot-belly. He is God … Continue reading →

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The Second Coming?

Posted on December 13, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

I totally disagree with Polly Toynbee’s miserable attack on Corbyn (13/12/19) in the Gruniad. The problem, as I see it, is that the toffs can always count on the working class to attack the middle class, since the workers perceive … Continue reading →

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Latest News from Grey Suit Editions

Posted on December 10, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

There is a new review of The Step is the Foot . It’s by Alan Price in the Fortnightly. Follow all our posts on the blog of Grey Suit Editions, click link below. Grey Suit Editions This year we published two … Continue reading →

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The Walking Dance

Posted on December 9, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Fay Laflin’s excellent Tango for Balance class is featured on the BBC here It was broadcast on Radio 4 10.30 am Tuesday 10th December 2019 Here is a LINK to the recording.

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