Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
June 12, 2025
May 31, 2023
The Prehistory of Glass Windows
Making windows out of wood and stone in antiquity.
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May 26, 2023
The Rest Is History
The teachings of Epictetus, hair removal, and nepo babies.
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May 24, 2023
Time and the Old Women
The legacy and context of Quinten Massys’ An Old Woman.
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May 19, 2023
The Rest Is History
The first records of human kissing, biography, and an eel historian.
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May 17, 2023
The Birth of Brainstorming
Meet the self-help author who wanted to teach corporate America how to think.
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May 15, 2023
In Love with a Daguerreotype
The history of a nineteenth-century twist on love at first sight.
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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.