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

A Review of “Near Calvary” by Nicholas Lafitte

Posted on January 27, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

As a further tribute to John Welch – who published this seminal collection by Nick Lafitte: Alan Morrison on Nicholas LafitteNear Calvary – Selected Poems 1959 – 1970, The Many Press ISBN 0 907326 20 X No Macro Lover Nicholas … Continue reading →

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John Welch 1942-2025

Posted on January 26, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x I remember him reading his elusive poems under a gnarled sycamore at the far end of a field on my mother’s Hampshire farm – Purdies Farm – that lovely summer when we held an arts festival there in the … Continue reading →

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Metaphysical Photography

Posted on January 25, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

METAPHYSICAL ITALY Beautiful photographs by George Tatge. George Tatge b.1951 Italian-American photographer George Tatge studied English Literature at Beloit College, Wisconsin. Tatge moved to Italy in 1973 and began working as a freelance photographer and writer. He served as Director … Continue reading →

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Snap

Posted on January 22, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x I was a war widow’s only child. Her mother was a frightful tease. She would say anything to get a rise Out of my mother or me. A war widow herself, She lived with her house-keeper As my mother … Continue reading →

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Dinghy

Posted on January 15, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal
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Clemency at White Lodge

Posted on January 10, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x THE SUMMER-HOUSE BURIED BY SNOW x There were girls asleep on the beds, upstairs and down. I was living in the dreams of Paul Delvaux. When they woke up, it was slowly, slowly, and then One hit another on … Continue reading →

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World War 1 – Charles Fouqueray – artist

Posted on January 7, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

I just acquired 9 wonderful prints by Charles Fouqueray – a war artist I had never heard of. Charles Dominique Fouqueray (Le Mans, 23 April 1869 – 28 March 1956) was a French painter. He studied at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris under Alexandre Cabanel and Fernand … Continue reading →

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Autumn

Posted on January 5, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

AUTUMN, a fragment of a diary in verse, has just been re-issued as a Grey Suit Heyzine edition See also this list of all books presented in this format CHAINLINK gave Autumn an excellent review, and did an interview with … Continue reading →

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THEOSIS

Posted on January 4, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

x Uber delivers you your order from MacDonalds. Now you can unwind and watch the game. A pop trash white who has somehow risen to the top, As monarch you might well be constitutional But you’re not. Rather, you choose … Continue reading →

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My Father and his Motorbike with its Side-car

Posted on January 4, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

WILDERNESS ROAD x While seagulls fight for lamp‑posts near the timber stores, Inside the drawer, his folded airmail fades. Behind those bricked-up windows, boarded doors, His motor-bike once led your small parades. x You lost its little rider where the … Continue reading →

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