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Volume 37, Number 4 July/August 1986

In This Issue

July/August 1986
The Kingdom in Touch
Written by William Tracy
Photographed by Nik Wheeler
 
The Long Leap Forward
Written by Richard Hobson and Arthur Clark
An Omani Celebration
Written by John Lawton
Photographed by Helmut R. Schulze
 
There Was a Young Man Named Lear
Written by Arthur Clark
Illustrated by Edward Lear

Edward Lear is best known for his nonsense limericks, but, as a recent exhibition of his work in London showed, he was also a talented painter—particularly of Middle East landscapes.

 
A World in Motion
Written by William Tracy
Photographed by Nik Wheeler