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About anthonyhowelljournal

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

UK Column News. My favourite news outlet.

Posted on March 18, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

Definitely worth watching daily. Independent news outlet with perceptive commentators. The UK Column is an independent media organisation and receives no corporate or foundation funding. We rely on the generosity of individual readers, viewers and listeners, so if you enjoy … Continue reading →

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Deep Art’s need for a Reservoir of Chaos

Posted on March 13, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

Further Thoughts on Deep Art I like to think of what I do as a departure from modernism. I do what I call Deep Art. I see its precedent in Leonardo da Vinci’s advice to gaze at a wall to … Continue reading →

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Pleasure and Destruction

Posted on March 12, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

A new slideshow on YOUTUBE. The hyper-real becomes more intense than reality. The click-bait goes both ways. War or porn. Which is which? Can they be drawn at the same time?

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Anger: A new slide-show on Youtube

Posted on February 14, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

Click on ANGER – my new video on Youtube. But maybe open a vigorous track before you press play on my link. See also The Meaning of Anger. Almost all my slide-shows can be found on Youtube @theanthonyhowell here There … Continue reading →

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Death Penalty for Palestinian Prisoners

Posted on February 10, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

Israel has legalised the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners The link takes you to a damning report in Middle East Eye.

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Imaginary Illustrations

Posted on February 9, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x x x x x x x What if one reversed illustration? If the picture came first, and it was up to the viewer to give it a story? A friend points out that this is nothing new. As this … Continue reading →

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Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi Assassinated

Posted on February 4, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

MUAMMAR GADDAFI’S SON SAIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI ASSASSINATED Who did it? Sources on the ground in Libya suspect that British intelligence used local proxies to assassinate the man seen by many as the one who could reunite Libya, 15 years after … Continue reading →

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The Vintage to the Dungeon

Posted on February 3, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

The Vintage to the Dungeon – a poem by Richard Lovelace I. Sing out, pent soules, sing cheerefully! Care shackles you in liberty: Mirth frees you in captivity. Would you double fetters adde? Else why so sadde? Chorus Besides your … Continue reading →

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NOUVEAU RÉGIME

Posted on February 1, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x x The children keep disappearing. They vanish, into thin air. From Little Saint James, Khan Unis or Khartoum, Tampa, Columbus, Baton Rouge, the children keep disappearing, Just as they did from the view of Théophile de Viau And Rétif … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of Emptiness

Posted on January 28, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x x It is not easy to create emptiness. What should you tip it into? A deserted square, Possibly by moonlight? Time is the perspective Lending it a depth. Here, in an abstracted way, Melancholy toys with metaphysics. Emptiness recalls … Continue reading →

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