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UNTITLED ABSTRACTIONS

Posted on November 6, 2018 by anthonyhowelljournal

    Click this link for details of a new exhibition at The Room By Sadiq Toma. Wednesday 5th December 2018-Tuesday 5th February 2019  Private View – Tuesday 4th December 2018 6pm – 9pm

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The Ancients

Posted on October 18, 2018 by anthonyhowelljournal

THE ANCIENTS My career began with an entrechat huit. Now I’m proud if I can touch my feet, Meanwhile schoolfriend Jim Who was once a neuro-physicist Is gracile in each limb, a contortionist Who can do a U-turn through a … Continue reading →

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POETRY READINGS TO CELEBRATE GREY SUIT EDITIONS – Poetry at the Room – Oct 11.

Posted on September 9, 2018 by anthonyhowelljournal

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POETRY At The Room Thursday 11 October 2018 – at 7.30 at The Room, 33 Holcombe Road, Tottenham Hale, London N17 9AS 7.30 pm. Special GREY SUIT launch addition – for Dialysis Days by Hugo Williams, a new…

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The Magnitsky Act; Behind the Scenes

Posted on August 21, 2018 by anthonyhowelljournal

Bill Browder is one of the most vehement US critics of Russia. He made a huge amount of money in Russia after the end of the Soviet Union. Basically he is an oligarch. So from after Glasnost to Putin kicking … Continue reading →

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We Live in a Nuthouse

Posted on August 20, 2018 by anthonyhowelljournal

  Brilliant piece in Hyperallergic.  Click here for this Studs Terkel/Zero Mostel interview posted by Karen Schiff.

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SHAME

Posted on August 16, 2018 by anthonyhowelljournal

So how would you translate “Dommage”? The town is closed, remorselessly. Only the tourists arrive. Erroneously migrating birds Landing on a mirage, They go to roost among gargoyles Because the quays refuse To open up their mouldering lids For these … Continue reading →

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SOUPIR ANCIÈN

Posted on August 16, 2018 by anthonyhowelljournal

  Lord, preserve the hem Above the knees. Below the thighs,   Their back view allows That each such structure easily Defeats wealth, undoes   The gaze. It doesn’t take Enormous eyes, Just an upright pair   Of knees de … Continue reading →

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Roeg Elements: innovation and risk

Posted on August 11, 2018 by anthonyhowelljournal

Nicolas Roeg, by Michael Clark, National Portrait Gallery   Very pleased that my new piece for Nicolas Roeg on his 90th Birthday is here – “Roeg Elements” Published by the Fortnightly Review. Celebrating younger poets – including Emma Hammond, Natacha … Continue reading →

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APPENDICES to THE STEP IS THE FOOT

Posted on July 27, 2018 by anthonyhowelljournal

Appendices to The Step is the Foot.  (plus “Corrections” at the foot of this post) Appendix 1 The Pendulum Plot of Philoctetes by Sophocles Appendix 2 Outback Research Trip Appendix 3: TRANSLATION: A QUERY Appendix 4: Developing the madrigal Appendix 5: … Continue reading →

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Anthony Howell and his Disenchanted Sow

Posted on July 17, 2018 by anthonyhowelljournal

Anthony Howell and his Disenchanted Sow   They do say never wrestle with a pig, you both get filthy. So, instead, strip naked on a busy Belfast street, assume the crouch of a submissive mate – porcine-cubic, promising – to … Continue reading →

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