Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
July 7, 2025
October 15, 2019
Mind the Secret Bunker
On the World War II hideout located in an empty Tube station.
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October 09, 2019
Glossary: Climate
From absolute drought to zephyr, the language of the environment and weather.
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October 08, 2019
Beware of Cranks
Misguided attempts to solve impossible mathematical problems.
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October 02, 2019
Nonsmokers, Unite!
The complicated privilege of forming a new constituency.
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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.