Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
August 3, 2025
November 11, 2020
Why We Built the Wall
Considering the Aurelian Wall as a through line in the history of Rome.
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November 09, 2020
Stay Home, All Ye Faithful
A letter from 640 proves that banning travel during an outbreak has been a long-standing practice.
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November 04, 2020
Guard Against Confusion
How Ludwig Wittgenstein came to write a dictionary for elementary school students.
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October 30, 2020
The Rest Is History
Llama mummies, witchcraft trials, and decapitation experiments.
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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.