Roundtable

Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.

July 30, 2010

Theodore Roosevelt’s huge bounty of game from his 1909 African safari filled the vaults of the Smithsonian museum.

July 11, 2010

Team Goya takes on Team Vermeer in what is sure to be a World Cup final of pure artistry.

June 16, 2010

Looking back at the history of soccer during the 2010 World Cup.

February 14, 2010

How did the heart (and the icon that represents it) come to stand in for all things love?

August 07, 2023

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

2023:

Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.

c. 1945:

Young communists engage in party matchmaking.