December 31, 2021
The Rest Is History
A digitally unwrapped mummy, unsought divinity, and historic true crime.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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December 29, 2021
2021 in Review on Roundtable
The sixteen most read essays and excerpts on Lapham’s Quarterly’s website this year.
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December 24, 2021
The Rest Is History
A giant repository of inert resources, easily digestible and frictionless ways, and supply-chain management.
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December 15, 2021
The Coin Standard
On the failed dreams and forgotten ruins of William Hope Harvey.
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December 10, 2021
The Rest Is History
Remodeling our fundamental national narrative, rethinking silent film, and fake bumps.
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December 09, 2021
Recovering from the Plague
Did Girolamo Mercuriale misdiagnose a plague in sixteenth-century Venice?
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August 07, 2023
Monumental Mistakes
2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
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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.
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Young communists engage in party matchmaking.