Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
August 2, 2025
October 29, 2021
The Rest Is History
Amazingly preserved mummies, pumpkin spice, and earls sitting in turrets.
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October 22, 2021
The Rest Is History
Old ghosts, old horses, and new histories of the American Revolution.
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October 15, 2021
The Rest Is History
Ancient flow, the paper dress, and declaring victory.
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October 14, 2021
Not Belonging to the World
Hannah Arendt holds firm during the McCarthy era.
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October 13, 2021
Save the Scribe
On the blessed purpose of the women who worked with medieval manuscripts.
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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.