July 24, 2019
The Dinosaur That Started a Craze
The story of the fossil formerly known as Scrotum humanum.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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July 22, 2019
Synecdoche, Illinois
A history of how Peoria became a stand-in for the country surrounding it.
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July 19, 2019
The Rest Is History
The moon, historically relevant pig fat, and the racist bone.
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July 15, 2019
Rebuilding Jane Austen’s Library
What can we learn when imagining the reading habits of beloved writers?
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July 12, 2019
The Rest Is History
Medieval lions, Blubber Town, and remains under the dance floor.
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July 10, 2019
A Nineteenth-Century Power Couple in Hyderabad
Meet Mehdi Hasan and Ellen Donnelly.
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July 05, 2019
The Rest Is History
A scandalous “Star-Spangled Banner” episode, pirate math, and internet Egyptology.
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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.