Salons

The Salons debating initiative is associated with the libertarian anti-environmental LM network. The first salon was the New York Salon, founded in 2005. Previous Events, New York salon website, accessed 31 Oct 2010 The first salon in the UK was the Brighton Salon in 2005: "The Salon revival began in 2005 when the Brighton Salon was launched by Dan Travis, Sean Bell and Rob Clowes." Calling All Great Thinkers: The East Midlands Needs You!, Derby University website, accessed 10 Dec 2010 The three comprised a book club reading Capital Vol. 1. Dan Travis, Brighton Salon website, accessed 2 Jan 2011 The Manchester Salon was launched 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." About the Salon, Manchester Salon website, accessed 31 Oct 2010 Other salons comprise the Belfast Salon, the Birmingham Salon, the Croydon Salon, the Dublin Salon, the East Midlands Salon, the Huddersfield Salon, the Leeds Salon, the Lisbon Salon, the Liverpool Salon, the London Legal Salon, the Oxford Salon, the Sheffield Salon and the Zurich Salon. Some appear to be defunct, at least for now. 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.” Newsletter -June 2010, Institute of Ideas website, accessed 31 May 2010 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/
* Croydon http://www.croydonsalon.com
* Dublin http://www.dublinsalon.org/
* East Midlands http://eastmidlandssalon.org/
* Huddersfield http://www.qtdm.co.uk/salon/index.html and http://huddersfieldsalon.blogspot.com/
* Leeds http://www.leedssalon.org.uk/
* Lisbon http://www.wix.com/lisbonsalon/lisbon_salon
* Liverpool http://http://www.liverpoolsalon.org.uk/
* London Legal - see blog below
* Manchester http://www.manchestersalon.org.uk/
* New York http://www.nysalon.org
* Oxford http://www.oxfordsalon.org.uk/
* Sheffield http://www.sheffieldsalon.org.uk/
* Zurich http://www.zurichsalon.org/
Facebook:
* Belfast
* Birmingham
* Brighton
* Croydon - Website only (see above)
* Dublin - Not active on Facebook
* East Midlands
* Huddersfield
* Leeds
* Lisbon
* Liverpool
* London Legal - Blog only (see below)
* Manchester
* New York
* Oxford
* Sheffield - Website only (see above)
* Zurich
Twitter
* Belfast - Not active on Twitter
* Birmingham
* Brighton
* Croydon - Not active on Twitter 
* Dublin
* East Midlands - Not active on Twitter
* Huddersfield
* Leeds
* Lisbon - Not active on Twitter
* Liverpool - Not active on Twitter
* London Legal - Blog only (see below)
* Manchester
* New York - Not active on Twitter 
* Oxford - Promised soon
* Sheffield - Not active on Twitter
* Zurich
Blog
* London Legal
==Notes==
Salons