Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Howard ya shirya aikinsa a matsayin barrister, an kira shi zuwa Bar (Inner Temple) a 1956. A halin da ake ciki, yana cika alkawurran sabis na kasa a cikin sojojin, lokacin da ya ga aikin aiki a Royal Fusiliers a lokacin yakin Suez
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya rubuta (wanda ba a sanya hannu ba) labarai don "New Statesman" game da rashin son sa hannu a cikin rikici, aikin da kusan ya kasance a gaban kotun soja.