May 06, 2016
The Rest Is History
The wrong Oscar, maps of the past, and the evolution of word processing.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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April 29, 2016
The Rest Is History
The (historic) future of shopping, marketing, and working in America.
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April 28, 2016
Lord Byron’s Darkest Summer
After an Indonesian volcano erupts, a group of writers meet in Switzerland to turn darkness into art.
Read MoreApril 22, 2016
The Rest Is History
Alternate perspectives on Alexander Hamilton, Queen Elizabeth II, and Neanderthals.
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April 15, 2016
The Rest Is History
Animation from 1908, ninth-century automata, and the hazards of early cosmetics.
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April 11, 2016
History in Wax
How a museum in Baltimore shapes African American history—in wax.
Read MoreApril 08, 2016
The Rest Is History
Beckett in Paris, Charlotte Brontë in love, and Americans in suburbia.
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The Rest Is History
A forgotten war, an almost-lost language, and Shakespeare’s wages.
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Monumental Mistakes
2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
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Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
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Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.