Friday 11th July

St George Hotel | 8pm

Tickets: £18 Unreserved

Box Office: 01423 562303

COMBINED TICKET OFFER:
Book both Cool Hunting and Personal TasteSalon North Events for £30

Ever since Harrogate International Festivals brought London’s most talked about evening to the town, it’s been a sell-out sensation.

SALON North is a revolutionary movement for the heart and mind. The SALON events consist of a night of the most stimulating ideas in art, science and psychology designed to change your life for the better.

The format consists of an evening of three speakers, each given 30 minutes to engage the audience with their subject, interspersed with intervals allowing time for a well-crafted gin and tonic. Expect the remarkable! Please welcome, your Salon North speakers…

Music:
Author and musician Daniel Rachel wanted to get beyond his personal taste in music to understand the creativity at work in songwriting. ‘Isle of Noises’ is the result of his epic project to reveal and document the stories behind the UK’s best songs. The result tells us so much about the creative process of songwriting, gives an in depth understanding of the craft involved; and helps us enjoy our playlists on a whole other level.

Food:
Renowned philosopher Julian Baggini helps us examine our taste in food, asking the question could it be food is better for the soul than art? Certainly thinking seriously about food requires us to consider our relationship to nature, to each other and to ourselves, so perhaps thinking about food can teach us about being honorable, and help us to decide how we want to live, all of which are big themes in his book ‘The Virtues of the Table’.

Books:
Summer is the time most people turn to fiction for stories to divert, entertain and enjoy, but how to be sure you get book that is right for your tastes? It’s always a worry, so to ensure you get the right book for you, the author of ‘The Novel Cure’, Ella Berthoud will be leading the audience in a bibliotherapy session LIVE. Whatever your challenges are for summer 2014, Ella will ensure you have the right book to hand.