Category Archives: Essays

Is it Necessary to Get out of Equilibrium?

Posted on August 28, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

Is it necessary to get out of equilibrium? This is a question asked, but never answered, by Daniil Kharms (1905-1942), the extraordinary Russian writer who is the master of the inconsequential. I don’t want to label him “absurd” as that would … Continue reading →

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The Lost Child in Kensington Gardens

Posted on August 5, 2026 by anthonyhowelljournal

The French invented impressionism and modernism: the British invented children’s literature and nonsense poetry. Zola’s Nana can say, Fuck me! to a young man paying her a surprise visit. For a British writer of the same period, that is quite … Continue reading →

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Aristotle Versus Ad Reinhardt

Posted on July 11, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

I was very pleased to have this review published in the brilliant magazine Critique d’Art 64 – with a translation into French 64 | Printemps/été : CRITIQUE D’ART 64 Articles –https://journals.openedition.org/critiquedart/122227 The above is a link that will disappear in a few months time. … Continue reading →

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Observations on the Caesura

Posted on June 13, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

Here are the conventional terms for metrical feet in poetry. a line with two feet is a dimeter; a line with three feet is a trimeter; a line with four feet is a tetrameter; a line with five feet is … Continue reading →

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The Indian Jungle

Posted on May 23, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

Very pleased that my review of The Indian Jungle: Psychoanalysis and Non-Western Civilizations (published by Karnac) has just come out in The Fortnightly. Sadly the author Sudhir Kakar has recently passed away. A link to a website related to his … Continue reading →

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My Homage to John White

Posted on April 24, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

The unique British composer John White died this January. My response to his memorial concert can be found in the Fortnightly Review here. “…He told me that he was interested in musical accidents, and you couldn’t really get a better … Continue reading →

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Denis Boyles

Posted on December 4, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal

Dr Denis Boyles has passed away after a short illness.  Dr Boyles and Mrs Boyles have been teaching at the Chavagnes International College since 2008. He was editor of The Fortnightly Review. He published my work for many years as … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Constitutional Monarchies

Posted on May 10, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal

New essay in The Fortnightly Review.

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On Difficulty in Poetry

Posted on November 7, 2022 by anthonyhowelljournal

A new essay in The Fortnightly Review!

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How Different Countries View War

Posted on November 7, 2022 by anthonyhowelljournal

Andrei Martyanov (SmoothieX12 on Youtube) cites the movie Come and See when he explains in the second part of a post called Economics of Military Industrial Complexes in Russia and US how the Russians conceive of war and how the … Continue reading →

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