November 15, 2021
Are You My Mother Tongue?
On the generations of linguists who searched for Muttersprache’s origin story.
Read MoreRoundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
November 17, 2021
November 12, 2021
The Rest Is History
Making drinks, meeting a lover across a supposed divide, and laughing during a plague.
Read More
November 08, 2021
It’s Time for Some Game Theory
Experiencing history in Assassin’s Creed.
Read More
November 05, 2021
The Rest Is History
Back an hour, behind a recipe, and the wrong side of a slice of history.
Read More
October 29, 2021
The Rest Is History
Amazingly preserved mummies, pumpkin spice, and earls sitting in turrets.
Read More
- 1 of 130
- next ›
October 15, 2021
Escape Artists
2021:
Man steals money and runs from the law—after leaving behind a fake suicide note.
1318:
Nun grows tired of the convent and runs from the church—after leaving behind a dummy of herself.
August 27, 2021
The Custom of the Country
2021:
Cats of unknown provenance killed in Taiwan to prevent disease.
c. 1738:
Cats killed by workers in revolt against their master and mistress.