August 21, 2019
I Do Not Marry a Married Man
On the stories left untold when Jesuits sought to eradicate indigenous polygamy.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
August 23, 2019
August 16, 2019
The Rest Is History
The four-hundred-year legacy of American slavery, a Golden Age film extra, and giant prehistoric penguins.
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August 14, 2019
The Power of Speaking Polari
A secret language helped build a queer community in postwar Britain.
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August 07, 2019
Everything’s Coming Up Agrippina
Untangling the gossip that defined a Roman empress for centuries.
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June 26, 2019
I’m Gonna Live Forever
2019:
Radical life extensionists trust science to cure death.
1786:
A doctor mines the habits of history’s long-lived for tips.
May 21, 2019
I Take Your Milkshake
2019:
Voters unable to buy milkshakes to throw at Nigel Farage.
1885:
Voters throw rotten eggs at Queen Victoria’s son-in-law.