February 17, 2026
Funeral Flag
One ship’s half-century voyage through the tides of history
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
February 20, 2026
February 20, 2026
The Rest Is History
Economic populism, slave patrols, and a Committee of Evil Literature.
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February 06, 2026
The Rest Is History
Sleepwalking, clean energy, and multi-level marketing.
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February 02, 2026
“Every Form of Death Took Place”
A brief and bloody history of stasis in ancient Greece.
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January 30, 2026
The Rest Is History
Detective fiction, modern masculinity, and a freedom movement.
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January 09, 2026
The Rest Is History
Human ancestors, a father-daughter correspondence, and the history of alcohol.
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August 07, 2023
Monumental Mistakes
2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
May 22, 2023
Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.