February 04, 2022
The Rest Is History
Stinky medieval children, smelly books, and the history of fire.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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February 02, 2022
A Disgrace to His Family
Meet Charles Darwin, somewhat aimless student and excellent beetle hunter.
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January 28, 2022
The Rest Is History
Distractions, photographs erased from the historical record, and a metal detectorist.
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January 26, 2022
An Ugly Preeminence
On the devout abolitionists who excoriated American exceptionalism.
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January 21, 2022
The Rest Is History
Very old drinking straws, political deer, and Mesopotamian ghosts.
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January 19, 2022
What an Ending
Considering E.M. Forster’s Maurice at four moments in time.
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January 14, 2022
The Rest Is History
Astronomy, a hallucinogenic drug, and a hungry badger.
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January 10, 2022
Under Difficulties
Harriet Martineau considers the relationship between ambitious work and physical health.
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January 07, 2022
The Rest Is History
Ancient toilet worms, works entering the public domain, and bills killed in the Senate.
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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.