Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
August 2, 2025
August 03, 2021
Contribute Either to Usefulness or Delight
On the wealthy seventeenth-century botanists who filled their gardens with plants from around the world.
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July 28, 2021
I Am Fighting, Fighting, Fighting
Sylvia Pankhurst wants to see “the conditions under which our people live entirely revolutionized.”
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July 23, 2021
The Rest Is History
An extinct butterfly, historical vaccinations, and ambergris.
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July 16, 2021
The Rest Is History
Anthropomorphic dog tunes, consequential sneezes, and flashy wings.
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July 12, 2021
Walking Shadows
Meet the actors who first brought Shakespeare’s characters to life.
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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.