April 10, 2017
Glossary: Discovery
From astrolabe to pig in a poke, the words of discovery.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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April 07, 2017
The Rest Is History
Che Guevara in the Congo, dreams and telegrams in the nineteenth century, and the long history of hysterical women.
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March 31, 2017
The Rest Is History
A nun’s adventures, a teen girl’s vaudeville act, and a literary icon’s style.
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March 31, 2017
Digging Up Troy
Heinrich Schliemann and the search for archaeological evidence of Homer’s Troy.
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March 24, 2017
The Rest Is History
The real Casanova, the furniture of Frank Lloyd Wright, and remembering literary and musical legends.
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March 22, 2017
How Paris Became the City of Light
Louis XIV hires the city’s first police chief.
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March 17, 2017
The Rest Is History
Preparing for a royal death, an Irish tradition of the American government, and the irresistible allure of existential philosophers.
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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.