Category Archives: Politics

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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Thoughts from the Wife of Bath

Posted on October 19, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

             “My liege lady, generally,” quod he, “Wommen desiren to have sovereynetee As wel over hir housbond as hir love, And for to been in maistrie hym above. This is youre mooste desir, thogh ye me kille. Dooth as … Continue reading →

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Bullingdon

Posted on September 2, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Viscount Bullingdon is the son of the Right Honourable Sir Charles Lyndon, the deceased husband of Lady Lyndon, who Redmond Barry, Irish adventurer and opportunist, inveigles into a marriage that will be advantageous to him. He does so by the … Continue reading →

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Worker in Dotage

Posted on August 24, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

x What can I do but go in search of the rose Although I feel contempt for my persistence? Why can’t I appreciate the twilight of existence? Withered, if appropriate, companionship? x An aged bee, why is that gaunt contemporary … Continue reading →

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The South African Information Scandal

Posted on August 15, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Here are some quotes from The Life of Secret Agent turned Hollywood Tycoon Arnon Milchan by Meir Doron and Joseph Gelman Gefen Books 2011. They concern the attempt to erase criticism of apartheid from the world media between 1977 and … Continue reading →

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Teaching Writing and Art in Jail

Posted on May 30, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

A talk given for Confer: The Masks of Masculinity – Exploring the Links Between Male Vulnerability and Violence (18th May 2019) – at Foyles Bookshop.  In the early years of this century I started teaching creative writing and art in … Continue reading →

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Outside Belmarsh for Julian

Posted on April 14, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Click The RUPTLY LINK for the video – and here is The Duran  DLR Veering below us, the railings go optical. When did you last see a tree? Way up above, there are clouds hemmed in x Between the plutocratic … Continue reading →

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5G freak-out! The fox guarding the henhouse?

Posted on April 2, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Lots of people have reported on the adverse effects of lockdown. But I notice that fewer people are concerned about the adverse effects of 5G. I am inclined to believe that these effects are related.  The installation of 5G closely … Continue reading →

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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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Whistleblower Lit

Posted on May 24, 2018 by anthonyhowelljournal

Delighted that my review of Miles Goslett’s new book on the questionable details of the Hutton Inquiry into the death of David Kelly has now been published by the Fortnightly Review. Click on the link below: Whistleblower Lit. The review … Continue reading →

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