# Event Details - **Event Name**: Olivia Laing on Art, Solitude, and The Lonely City at 10 - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 08:30 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Celebrating 10 Years of The Lonely CityAbout this EventOlivia Laing is known as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature. Their work is renowned for its capacity to make abstract ideas feel precise, intimate, and beautifully thought through without ever talking down to the reader. Their books include the number one Sunday Times bestseller The Garden Against Time, Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency and, most recently, The Silver Book: a bewitching love story set during the making of Fellini’s Casanova and Pasolini’s Salò.On June 23 Laing comes to Intelligence Squared for a one-off celebration of the ten-year anniversary of their seminal work, The Lonely City. Hailed as ‘a new kind of literature’ when first published, The Lonely City is both a personal quest to master the art of being alone, and an investigation into how artists have reckoned with isolation. The book asks questions that resonate in our increasingly digital and divided world. What does it mean to be lonely? How do we connect with others? Does technology draw us closer together, or keep us apart?        Join Laing live at Union Chapel alongside writer and curator Charlie Porter, as they reflect on the legacy of The Lonely City, the paperback publication of The Silver Book and what loneliness, intimacy, solidarity and connection mean in a world of rising fascism.Ask your questions in the audience Q&A, and have your book signed by Olivia in a post-event signing.  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/olivia-laing-on-art-solitude-and-the-lonely-city-at-10/100001982498764171 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 1 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 9.37, max: 49.99, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Union Chapel - **lat**: 51.5448788 - **long**: -0.1027738 - **full address**: Union Chapel, 19b Compton Terrace, London, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Olivia Laing on Art, Solitude, and The Lonely City at 10 - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/2c2db1f148c175c1f7cb155524487e840b228668a089065796eb4b776fa58ca2-rimg-w1200-h600-dc474732-gmir.jpg?v=1770986412 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Olivia Laing on Art, Solitude, and The Lonely City at 10 being held? - **A:** Olivia Laing on Art, Solitude, and The Lonely City at 10 takes place on Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Union Chapel, 19b Compton Terrace, London, United Kingdom. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for Olivia Laing on Art, Solitude, and The Lonely City at 10? - **A:** Ticket prices for Olivia Laing on Art, Solitude, and The Lonely City at 10 range from GBP 9 to GBP 50 depending on the ticket type. Here's a full breakdown of available ticket types:Ticket TypePriceAvailabilityGeneral AdmissionGBP 33AvailablePremium SeatingGBP 50 + GBP 5 feeAvailableConcessionsGBP 20 + GBP 2 feeAvailableThe Lonely City: 10th Anniversary EditionGBP 18 + GBP 2 feeAvailableThe Silver Book: PaperbackGBP 9 + GBP 1 feeAvailable - **Q**: Who is organizing Olivia Laing on Art, Solitude, and The Lonely City at 10? - **A:** Olivia Laing on Art, Solitude, and The Lonely City at 10 is organized by Intelligence Squared. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Olivia Laing on Art, Solitude, and The Lonely City at 10", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/2c2db1f148c175c1f7cb155524487e840b228668a089065796eb4b776fa58ca2-rimg-w1200-h600-dc474732-gmir.jpg?v=1770986412", "startDate": "2026-06-23T19:00:00+01:00", "endDate": "2026-06-23T20:30:00+01:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/olivia-laing-on-art-solitude-and-the-lonely-city-at-10/100001982498764171", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Union Chapel", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "19b Compton Terrace", "postalCode": "N1 2UN", "addressLocality": "London", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "51.5448788", "longitude": "-0.1027738" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Celebrating 10 Years of The Lonely City", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-02-13", "availabilityEnds": "2026-06-23T20:30:00+01:00", "validFrom": "2026-02-13", "lowPrice": "9.37", "highPrice": "49.99", "price": "9.37", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/olivia-laing-on-art-solitude-and-the-lonely-city-at-10/100001982498764171" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-02-13", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-02-13", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/olivia-laing-on-art-solitude-and-the-lonely-city-at-10/100001982498764171", "price": "32.99", "name": "General Admission" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-02-13", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-02-13", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/olivia-laing-on-art-solitude-and-the-lonely-city-at-10/100001982498764171", "price": "49.99", "name": "Premium Seating" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-02-13", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-02-13", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/olivia-laing-on-art-solitude-and-the-lonely-city-at-10/100001982498764171", "price": "19.99", "name": "Concessions" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-02-13", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-02-13", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/olivia-laing-on-art-solitude-and-the-lonely-city-at-10/100001982498764171", "price": "18.04", "name": "The Lonely City: 10th Anniversary Edition" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-02-13", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-02-13", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/olivia-laing-on-art-solitude-and-the-lonely-city-at-10/100001982498764171", "price": "9.37", "name": "The Silver Book: Paperback" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Intelligence Squared", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/intelligence-squared/22823691", "description": "Intelligence Squared has established itself as the leading forum for live, agenda-setting debates, talks and discussions around the world.Our aim is to promote a global conversation that enables people to make informed decisions about the issues that matter, in the company of the world's greatest minds and orators." } ] } ] ```