Dangerous liaisons trailer

 The STARZ TV network has released a trailer for its new adaptation of Les Liaisons dangereuses, available in the UK from 7th November. 

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.

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.!

"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.

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.

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.