First Salon event of the year with some Dark Romance.

With a film masterclass, a scientific treatment of how love shapes our lives and poetry, this Salon event promises to be a great and unusual evening. 

So who better than screenwriter and lecturing legend John Foster? He will be getting to the heart of psychological drama in film, with a little help from directors Alain Renais, Krzysztof Kieslowski and Wong Kar-wai. John will reveal just how our psychological selves can be unlocked through very clever filmmaking. A Film Studies master class in thirty mins; bring your popcorn and your black polo necks and leave with something very interesting to say about film to your Valentine.

Up next we have the President of PEN Lisa Appignanesi. Lisa is in the Guardian’s top twenty cultural commentators to watch, and in Salon’s top one. For our delectation, Lisa has written a scientific treatment of ‘Love: An Anatomy of An Unruly Emotion’ and will be taking the Salon crowd on an intimate and illuminating journey of how love shapes our lives and our world. What is it? Where’s mine? And can we live without it? All of your questions about Love will finally be answered.

And where would we be without poetry, the go-to place when feeling darkly brooding and romantic? Thankfully, we have punk poet raconteur and maitresse of the Book Club Boutique, Salena Godden on hand to explain its enduring allure. Kerrang Magazine described Salena as ‘everything the Daily Mail fears’, so watch your house prices tumble as Salena introduces us to her personal, poetical audio guide to love.

For more details and tickets see related listing: Salon XIV - Dark Romance 

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