The STARZ TV network has released a trailer for its new adaptation of Les Liaisons dangereuses, available in the UK from 7th November.
Friday, 30 September 2022
Thursday, 29 September 2022
Podcasts on New Books Network
New Books Network hosts author-interview podcasts. Among September's offerings are a discussion with James Engell on the Encyclopédie, Elizabeth Andrews Bondt on reading and writing, David Avrom Bell on Rousseau and Charles Devellenes on Enlightenment Atheism.
Friday, 23 September 2022
Hilary Mantel
Today we mourn the passing of Hilary Mantel, remembered by 18th-century enthusiasts above all as author of A Place of Greater Safety. In memory, let us find our copies, and revisit her wonderfully vivid portraits of Robespierre et al.!
Tuesday, 13 September 2022
"Chevalier" film premiere
Chevalier, a biopic of the Black musician Chevalier Saint-Georges directed by Stephen Williams, premiered at the Toronto film on 11th September.
Thursday, 8 September 2022
Fuseli exhibition
The exhibition Füssli: The Realm of Dreams and the Fantastic will run at the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris, from 16th September 2022 to 23rd January 2023.
Thursday, 1 September 2022
The Maison Bonchamps
The website Vendéens & Chouans reports concern over the future of the "Maison Bonchamps", 61 Rue de la Basse Meilleraie, Varade, the house where the Vendéan general Bonchamps died of his wounds, on 18th October 1793.
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