Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
May 5, 2025
August 05, 2022
The Rest Is History
Mammoth bones, shark attacks, and a tree-lined pleasure road.
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August 01, 2022
Connecting Flights
When Idi Amin forced Indian Ugandans to leave the country fifty years ago, many of the refugees found a new home in Canada. Why?
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July 29, 2022
The Rest Is History
Bronze Age kissing, historical puddles, and predictable panics.
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July 29, 2022
Success Depends Upon Temperature
The ingredients for a perfect summer dinner party.
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July 27, 2022
Appetite for Destruction
Indigenous Americans knew how to avoid starvation. Colonists were too hungry to notice.
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July 25, 2022
The Making of a Conspiracy Theory
On the fabrication of well-poisoning accusations in medieval Europe.
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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.
Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.