Volume 51 Issue 6 June 2001

Helen Rappaport tells the story of James Abbe, a little-known American photographer, whose images of the USSR in the 1930s record both the official and unofficial faces of the Stalinist regime.

Beatrice K. Otto finds court jesters across the world and in every age.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's influential work first appeared in the National Era on June 5th, 1851.

Anthony Kersting, architectural photographer, describes how his passion for buildings was fuelled by a Middle Eastern posting during the War

David Moulson looks at the history of pewter, as a new dedicated museum opens in Stratford-upon-Avon.