August 07, 2019
Everything’s Coming Up Agrippina
Untangling the gossip that defined a Roman empress for centuries.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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July 29, 2019
“Old Paris Is No More”
Baron Haussmann wanted to build a barricade-proof city, but the people he displaced defied his plans.
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July 24, 2019
The Dinosaur That Started a Craze
The story of the fossil formerly known as Scrotum humanum.
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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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Monumental Mistakes
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Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
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Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
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Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
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Young communists engage in party matchmaking.