Weekend courses
Do you enjoy feeling that you’ve made the most of your weekend? City Lit’s short weekend courses are increasingly popular and a great way to spend time exploring a new or favourite subject, from jewellery-making and screenwriting to singing and aromatherapy. And being based in Covent Garden means that you can follow your course with some shopping, dinner or a show. Your weekend starts here.
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The aim of the course is to provide a greater understanding of the relationship between English history in the 18th century and John Gay's work. The Beggar's Opera, John Gay's satirical ballad opera, retains its popular appeal after 250 years. Explore this lively work against a background of 18th century British history.
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Discover the fascinating life of a pearl: learn how to recognise the many types on the market, to judge the good from the bad, to spot the imitations and buy your pearl jewellery with confidence.
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Explore some of the major disasters that have beset the city, and its resilient responses to such traumas:
Londinium’s collapse, Saxon Lundenwic’s abandonment, the Dissolution of London’s monasteries and the Great
Fire of 1666. *THERE MAY BE AN ENTRANCE FEE FOR A CHURCH VISIT*.
Date: 20 Jul 13 - 10 Aug 13
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From its formation out of the ashes of World War II, through the Cold War and then the demise of the Soviet Union, consider the successes, challenges and reasons for the 'European Union' project.
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If you’re a musician or music teacher, come and spend a day learning how to prepare and print high quality scores and other notation with Sibelius software. A good knowledge of conventional notation is required.
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FULL TITLE: Animals in Britain c.1800-1900: Whose history? Animals? Humans?
Animals have played an important part in societies’ development but their role is often ignored or simply incorporated into human frameworks. This interactive workshop explores different aspects of animals’ pasts: can they become animal histories?
Date: 27 Jul 13 - 28 Jul 13
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FULL TITLE: Animals in Britain c.1900-2000: Whose history? Animals? Humans?
Have animals changed in the last century? Or has how humans think about them changed? Have animals and humans changed in relation to each other? This interactive workshop explores whether different histories might be created.
Date: 17 Aug 13 - 18 Aug 13
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From New Orleans paddle steamers to boogie woogie to Harlem stride, to bebop, to abstraction and beyond,
look at how jazz piano has evolved over the last century and some of the key influential musicians.
Date: 13 Jul 13
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What is anthropology all about? Look at the aspects different societies have in common and focus on some particular cultures and customs.
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Interested in how people lived in the past? Explore some key themes of archaeology, examine some of the ways we can discover past cultures and acquire hands on practice with archaeological finds.
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