Despite the on-going civil war and the decimation of their ranks by the Sudanese government’s cleansing the mountains policy, the men of the Nuba tribes still secretly celebrate the harvest with traditional stick fights Jack PICONE Doctor Norman Bethune THE EAST IS RED ART AND CRAFT STUDIO, Yuhuan Double unguent bottle SYRIA Burwood Villa, New South Wales Joseph LYCETT Overalls and top SINGLE-JERSEY (manufacturer); STRETCH (manufacturer) Infant’s t-shirt and shorts OZONA, France (manufacturer) Vishnu sculpture and columns, Ramachandra temple John GOLLINGS Irrigation canal and urban core John GOLLINGS Vithala temple complex flashlit at night John GOLLINGS River view to Vithala John GOLLINGS Linga on top of Malyavanta Hill John GOLLINGS Elephant stables from guards quarters John GOLLINGS Ruined entry porch, Vithala temple John GOLLINGS Entry porch, Ramachandra temple John GOLLINGS Guards' quarters towards Zenana John GOLLINGS The Nuba mountains and their valleys and wide fertile lowlands cover an area about the size of Australia. The people of the Nuba are skilful farmers growing crops on terraces on the hillsides and, in more peaceful times, working the fields down in the plains Jack PICONE Bésigue, cocktail dress PIERRE BALMAIN, Paris (fashion house); Pierre BALMAIN (designer) String of beads EGYPT Cone, tea service BELLEEK PORCELAIN FACTORY, Belleek Jar EGYPT Pair of gold earrings SYRIA Dress and shoulder piece COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Shirt and kilt JOHN GALLIANO, London (fashion house); John GALLIANO (designer) Narcissus Arthur BOYD Illustrations to Russell Grimwade's Flinders Lane: recollections of Alfred Felton Helen OGILVIE Bluestone homestead Dyranda PREVOST ...from the secret life of statues Peter LYSSIOTIS Illustrations to J.D.G. Medley's Stolne and surreptitious verses Helen OGILVIE Set of four plates MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer); Walter CRANE (designer); THOMAS GOODE & CO. LTD, London (retailer) The Follies Francisco GOYA y Lucientes