designer/photographer
As a late ‘Baby Boomer’ Howard has witnessed the huge changes in society over the past 50 years. Academically average, he graduated in 1977 with an undistinguished degree in sociology from a polytechnic. Rather than pursue a career in social work like his peers, he became involved in the entertainment business working in the predominantly subsidised arts sector for 10 years as a marketer before becoming a supplier to it. He grew a two-man business into a design group working in marketing and design for theatre, museums/galleries, dance and music before becoming self-employed in 2005, self-teaching himself with the tools and skills required.
Since then his interest in current affairs has increased. He was an early member of Don’t Divide Us and has subsequently supported his wife, Carole, in her campaigning work in the field of mental health.
Naturally inquisitive, he has a particular interest in how language shapes thought and how semantics constantly shift. As a contrarian outlier, he challenges the trend towards polarisation of debate which characterises many contemporary views.