Photography © Geraint Davies

& Helen Abraham

Tim Spector

Forget Darwinian determinism - YOU can change those genes - Tim Spector explains how.

A Concise History of the Arabs

John McHugo

A Concise History of the Arabs

2,000 years of impenetrable history in one penetrable book.

The Winner Effect

Ian Robertson

The Winner Effect: How Power Affects Your Brain

You know you want to win, and Ian Robertson explains why it's essential you do.

  • 24th May 2013

    Salon XXXVII

    It May, Digital Shoreditch, it's the time of the year when Salon likes to do Digital, and blimey, la quelle style. 

    Ex Data Editor for the Economist Kenneth Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University give us 'Big Data: believe the what not the why.' 

    Leading neuro-scientist Ian Robertson presents 'The Winner Effect', why understanding what happens to us when we win could be the key to influencing behaviour in a digital space.

    And digital entertainment powerhouse Matt Locke who will be showing out with 'After the Spike and After the Like' his guide to understanding patterns of attention on-line. 

    We will be at Digital Shoreditch on the 24th May as part of their Behavioural Design day.

Salons Past

  • Salon XXXVII

    Salon XXXVII

    Salon Does Digital 2013

    24th May 2013

    It May, Digital Shoreditch, it's the time of the year when Salon likes to do Digital, and blimey, la quelle style.  Ex Data Editor for the Economist Kenneth Cukier and . . .
  • Salon XXXVI

    Salon XXXVI

    Ch...Ch...Changes

    15th May 2013

      Experience changes you, and we’re not talking about a new age, hippy mantra here but instead in a quantifiable, scientifically proven way.  KCL's . . .
  • Salon XXXV

    Salon XXXV

    Ma Cherie Amour

    4th Apr 2013

      As April is the cruelest month, allow Salon to soften its edges as we present Ma Cherie Amour. It’s never too clever to get in the way of a hippopotamus & . . .
  • Salon XXXIV

    Salon XXXIV

    Rites of Spring

    6th Mar 2013

    OK so it’s time for some Salon word association.  I say ‘spring’.  You say ‘Arab’ ‘Nature?’ ‘Rite of’?  . . .

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