Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
August 4, 2025
May 17, 2021
“No Keening Carried On Nowadays”
Revisiting the power of an Irish tradition and its practitioners.
Read More
May 14, 2021
The Rest Is History
Filing cabinets, debt, and dancing to David Bowie in medieval Europe.
Read More
May 11, 2021
Going Into the City
Where American Indians found hospitality, hatred, and many noxious smells and noises.
Read More
May 10, 2021
Robust Claims of Vast Lawlessness
On the Black men who petitioned for Andrew Johnson’s impeachment in 1865.
Read More
April 30, 2021
The Rest Is History
Restored appendages, mistaken mummy identities, and old offices.
Read More- ‹ previous
- 45 of 165
- 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.