Salons
The Salons debating initiative is associated with the libertarian anti-environmental LM network. The first salon was founded in New York in 2005. [1] The first salon in the UK was Manchester in 2006 "The Manchester Salon was inspired after a trip to London for the Battle of Ideas in 2006, and a desire to bring some of the flavour of those very engaging debates to Manchester - at least in between the annual Battle of Ideas festival.". [2] The Salons are described by the Institute of Ideas which promotes their events as “inspired by the Institute of Ideas and run independently by groups and individuals across the country.” [3] Their organisers, speakers, themes and views are typical of the LM network and they in turn promote entities associated with the LM network such as the Battle of Ideas, Culture Wars, Institute of Ideas, Manifesto Club and Spiked.
Contact
Websites:
- Belfast http://www.belfastsalon.org
- Birmingham http://www.birminghamsalon.org/
- Brighton http://www.thebrightonsalon.com/
- East Midlands (Facebook group only) http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=135454058934&ref=ts
- Huddersfield http://www.qtdm.co.uk/salon/index.html and http://huddersfieldsalon.blogspot.com/
- Leeds http://www.leedssalon.org.uk/
- Manchester http://www.manchestersalon.org.uk/
- New York http://www.nysalon.org
A number of the above are also represented on Facebook and twitter.
Notes
- ↑ Previous Events, New York salon website, accessed 31 Oct 2010
- ↑ About the Salon, Manchester Salon website, accessed 31 Oct 2010
- ↑ Newsletter -June 2010, Institute of Ideas website, accessed 31 May 2010
