Category Archives: The Runiad

The Runiad – Books 1-19

Posted on January 24, 2025 by anthonyhowelljournal

Books 1-19 of the Runiad, my epic poem-in-progress, can be read here Unfortunately, since the very sad demise of Denis Boyles, editor of the Fortnightly Review, the review itself is being re-structured and may not appear again until March. So … Continue reading →

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The Runiad, Book 12 – excerpt in the Fortnightly Review

Posted on December 8, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

Very pleased indeed that The Fortnightly Review is up and running again. And here is the latest excerpt from the Runiad. Enjoy the latest issue of the Fortnightly! Meanwhile, you can read the entirety of the Runiad as a work … Continue reading →

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The Runiad – images for books 12 to 15

Posted on December 3, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

Book 12 Charybdis Book 13 The Lost Pleiad Book 14 The Tree-Man Book 15 Millstones The Runiad is my work in progress – an epic poem which will comprise 24 books. Fair drafts of all books so far completed (1-15) … Continue reading →

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THE RUNIAD – Books 1 to 14

Posted on November 24, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

Extract from Book 11 in the Fortnightly Review here. However the editorial of the Fortnightly is relocating and there is a delay in publishing extracts from the most recently completed books. When the links to these extracts are available I will … Continue reading →

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How the UK Security Services neutralised the country’s leading liberal newspaper

Posted on October 15, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

Read this 2019 article on The Guardian here. The article came out in Declassified UK – A well-researched expose of how this paper became the tool of MI6. Brilliant sleuthing by MATT KENNARD and MARK CURTIS I used this article as a … Continue reading →

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THE RUNIAD – Book 11

Posted on August 26, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

Extract from Book 11 in the Fortnightly Review here. As a work in progress Books 1-11 can be read for free as a Heyzine online book. On the Heyzine link there is a contents page – p 5. All the pages … Continue reading →

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The RUNIAD – Book 10

Posted on July 25, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

Excerpt from Book 10 in the Fortnightly Review here. As a work in progress Books 1-10 can be read for free as a Heyzine online book. On the Heyzine link there is a contents page – p 5. All the pages are … Continue reading →

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The Broken Vase

Posted on July 3, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

I have just published a new slide-show on Youtube here! The drawings in pencil on a black watercolour ground are inspired by a passage in The Runiad – the epic poem I am writing. Stay with me now. There is … Continue reading →

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The RUNIAD – Book 9

Posted on July 1, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

Excerpt from Book 9 in the Fortnightly Review here. The Runiad is a project I started in 2023 – an epic poem that will be 24 books long. As a work in progress it can be read for free as … 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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