Politics and history at Puy du Fou

The Right-wing vision of French history represented by the Puy du Fou theme park  is discussed by Hélène de Lauzun in an article published in The European Conservative on 18th August.

Revolutionary music and song

The Library of Congress blog publishes a  guest blog post from Case Western University doctoral student Ellen Sauer Tanyeri on the musical background of the French Revolution with reference to material from the Library of Congress collections.

Historical Association French Revolution course

The Historical Association advertises a new short course, "The French Revoluton - not just a revolution in France" to begin in September-December 2025.

Voltaire translated - the Lisbon earthquake

Clive Scott publishes a new critical translation of Voltaire's  "Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne" (1756),  reviewed by Nicholas Cronk on the Voltaire Foundation blog, (post of 01.08/2025)

"Aux armes citoyennes!"

"Aux armes citoyennes!",  a new documentary by Émilie Valentin and Mathieu Schwartz on the place of women in the French Revolution, was broadcast on Arte on 5th July. 

Greuze at the Petit Palais

The exhibition "Painting Childhood", dedicated to the work of Jean-Baptiste Greuze, will run at the Petit Palais this autumn, from 16th September to 25th January 2026.

The French Revolution - by John Hardman

John Hardman's new book The French Revolution: a political history is published by Yale University Press on 12th August.

We the Revolution (game)

 The 2019 video game We. The Revolution is currently available on GOG for the bargain price of £6.59.  Hours of entertainment ...(well, sort of!)

New Revolutionary Paris app.

 The City of Paris has recently launched an English version of its"Parcours Révolution" app., a self-guided walking tour of the Revolutionary sites of the capital, with text by Guillaume Mazeau and Jean-Claude Caron.  

Tourzel snuffbox acquired for Versailles

 The Société des Amis de Versailles confirms its acquisition of the snuffbox containing a portrait of Marie-Antoinette taken by Louis XVI with him on the flight to Varennes.

David exhibition at the Louvre

The Louvre announces a forthcoming major exhibition to commemorate the bicentenary of Jacques-Louis David's death. The exhibition will run from 15th October to 26th January 2026.

Robert Darnton podcast

A new Brussels Signal podcast (1st July) features a discussion by Robert Darnton on "The French Revolution and the Information Age".