November 26, 2019
Another Cat in the Wall
Why do dead animals keep turning up in old houses?
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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November 25, 2019
Holding a Mirror Up to Nature
On William Monroe Trotter and the Guardian.
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November 20, 2019
Marriage (Market Price)
A history of using daughters as currency, from ancient Greece to the Stuart monarchy.
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November 19, 2019
Welcome to Baker Street
How Sherlock Holmes’ home went from a fictional setting to a reality for readers.
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November 18, 2019
Finding the Words to Describe a Disaster
How scientists and writers responded to the Lisbon earthquake in 1755.
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November 15, 2019
The Rest Is History
X-rays, ancient footprints, and Elizabeth Bishop’s house.
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November 12, 2019
Eventually, Everyone Needs to Urinate
On the medieval era’s obsession with unknowable innards.
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Monumental Mistakes
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Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
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Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
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Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
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Young communists engage in party matchmaking.