When Lucy stepped through the wardrobe and into Narnia, she found herself in a land full of magical possibility. It was a world where animals talked, mythical creatures offered her tea and, along with her siblings, she found herself on the frontline of a war between good and evil.

This was the ultimate reading experience: leaving one world and losing yourself in another. And as a young child, the idea that another world might even exist sent the imagination into overdrive. … Read more »

Digital Shoreditch aims to be the UK’s version of South by Southwest Interactive by 2016, but as those who were inspired and entertained by last year’s festival know it is already well on the way.  Billed as a two week urban festival, this year it runs from the 21^st May to the 1^st June, and is focused on showcasing the cream of the digital crop.

Which is exactly why, Salon- London is sliding east.  Showing out as the early evening part of ‘Identity Day’ on the 25^th May, it will take an irreverent look at our digital world.  Margaret Heffernan examines the code itself, whether its masculine structure actually inhibits our identities on line, Simon Warren, the photo tutor enables us to make ourselves and our lives look loads better on line, and Kerry Daynes will help us answer the question our digital lives are making us ask ourselves, ‘but enough about me, am I a narcissist?’ … Read more »