Denis Diderot, at Catherine the Great’s insistent invitation, spent the autumn and winter of 1773–4 in St Petersburg. It was the worst time of year for an ageing philosopher, underdressed, plagued by ...

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Just hours after Louvre heist, another French museum, Maison des Lumières – Denis Diderot Museum in Langres, northeastern France, dedicated to the famed 18th-century philosopher was robbed. Image ...

The Louvre was not the only French museum to be pillaged on Sunday. With the nation already in an uproar over the broad-daylight heist of French crown jewels that morning, a robbery unfolded that on ...

La Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot is housed in the Hôtel du Breuil-de-St-Germain in Langres, France. (image via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0) A small museum in northeastern France reported a ...

In 1772, the French philosopher Denis Diderot published a short, acerbic essay titled “Regrets sur ma vieille robe de chambre” (“Regrets over my old dressing gown”). Diderot cloaked his true subject, ...

Have you ever bought something new — a smart jacket, a fancy couch, or an OLED TV — only to be hit with the sinking feeling that the rest of your wardrobe, living room, or tech accessories suddenly ...

Paris Diderot University – also known as Paris 7 – is located at the heart of Paris, and is the only multidisciplinary university in Paris to offer a wide range of degrees in the humanities, medicine ...

Naomi Alderman looks at the remarkable way Denis Diderot connected ideas and people. In 18th-century Paris, he edited an early and vast encyclopaedia, despite fierce opposition. Show more Naomi ...