Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
June 26, 2025
April 01, 2022
The Rest Is History
Skull surgery, dictionaries, and a robot dog at Pompeii.
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March 18, 2022
The Rest Is History
Allergies, imperial mythmaking, and daylight saving time.
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March 11, 2022
The Rest Is History
Exorcisms, sanctions, and enjoying both food and drink in great quantities.
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March 09, 2022
Variations on a Theme
Following the oud through the history of Armenian music.
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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.