March 27, 2019
James Boswell Finds His Voice
In which a twentysomething Scot starts preserving “many things that would otherwise be lost in oblivion.”
Read MoreRoundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
May 29, 2025
March 25, 2019
A Virginia Woolf Reading List
Recommendations from a life of reviews and diary entries.
Read More
March 22, 2019
The Rest Is History
Calories, context for a Confederate monument, and Marie Corelli.
Read More
March 15, 2019
The Rest Is History
Medieval cats, ancient music, and a 1,150-page French cookbook.
Read More
March 14, 2019
Mary Todd Lincoln’s Nightmare
The author of Savage Conversations shares the research for her novel.
Read More
- ‹ previous
- 19 of 23
- next ›
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.