Our Salons
Salon London: Bringing ideas to life.
2nd Feb 2017
February’s Salon is ‘Transmission’ about the communication of ideas. We present our live event to review the 300 Salon sessions from 2016 and look forward to 2017.
16th Mar 2017
Salon London’s Caring, Daring, Sharing spring series takes a lateral look at how we can use our power and our privilege differently and we begin with ‘Caring’ on the 16th March at the wonderful Hospital Club.
20th Apr 2017
We’re back on 20th April to take a look at SHARING as part of our ‘Caring, Daring, Sharing’ Spring series: exploring how power and our privilege can be used differently.
4th May 2017
We’ll be returning to the Hospital Club on 4th May for the final instalment in the 2017 Spring Series, 'Caring, Sharing, Daring'.
25th May 2017
We'll be at 12 Hay Hill on 25th May for a one-off special event with organizational psychologist and New York Times bestselling author, Dr Tasha Eurich.
31st May 2017
Byte the Book and Salon London are in residence at Hay Festival on the 31st May and are organising a meet up for fans of the festival. If you're in Hay as a writer, future writer, or experimenting with how to reach audiences and use technology you'll have a fab time
30th Jun 2017
Listed in the UK Festivals by the Sunday Times and the Guardian, picked by The Independent as the ‘place to revel in nature and discuss big ideas’, Salon London’s Rural Retreat takes place from 30 June – 2 July in the stunning lakeside Capability Brown landscaped grounds in Warwickshire, bringing to life the biggest and boldest ideas from art, science, psychology and philosophy with immersive talks and experiences.
20th Jul 2017
Whether we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life. No goal is more elusive. Philosophy professor from NYC– and practicing modern Stoic – Massimo Pigliucci, offers Stoicism as the best way to embrace it.
20th Sep 2017
For a while now, Salon Londoners have been grappling with the strange thought that for generations to come death could become discretionary, so for our first Autumn 2017 Salon, we've invited three brilliant people along to find out how, when, and why?
2nd Oct 2017
Salon London is back with the next in our Super Single Sessions with Bianca Bosker, the award-winning journalist and the author of the New York Times bestseller CORK DORK: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste.
19th Oct 2017
Is technology a feminist issue? A gender issue? A political issue? Because it’s beginning to feel like it. What started as beanbag-based geek chic seems to have morphed into something looking a little bit more like an empire.
15th Nov 2017
Combining innovation, improvisation and collaboration, Jazz is the maverick that went mainstream. Philosopher Dr Julian Baggini explores the relationship between Jazz and philosophy and reveals what we can learn about how to live, just by listening a little closer.
16th Nov 2017
Our existences are complex, stretched and full to bursting with info. Surely we could benefit from simplifying our lives? Hear three fascinating speakers answer this question at our ‘Resist Simplicity?’ Salon.