November 14, 2018
A Skyline Is Born
A history of filmmakers retelling the story of New York’s architecture.
Read MoreRoundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
November 15, 2018
November 15, 2018
Lost and Found
The author of Bringing Down the Colonel finally meets her subject.
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November 13, 2018
Crossing the Sahara in the Fourteenth Century
How to make the trip from Sijilmasa to Oualata, circa 1352.
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November 09, 2018
The Rest Is History
Mean obituaries, perfect elephants, and saying goodbye to ballots.
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November 08, 2018
Hatred Endorsed by a President
The author of The Latecomers looks at the influence of a movie.
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November 06, 2018
Making an Ancient Roman Murderer
The story of how Nero plotted—and initially failed—to kill his mother.
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November 05, 2018
Meet Yourself
Tracing the history of humans trying to reduce one another to a personality profile.
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November 02, 2018
The Rest Is History
Assorted Halloween stories, Stoicism, and armadillos.
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November 05, 2018
Party Animals
2018:
West Point cadets steal Air Force falcons, cause mayhem.
1916:
Stolen army goat leads to chaos.
October 23, 2018
Knights of the Water Table
2018:
A young girl raises a pre-Viking sword from a lake in Sweden.
1841:
An ancient bronze sword is discovered in an Irish bog.