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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This course will repeat the 'Starting a sketchbook' content for newcomers, but is also a chance for those who have taken the earlier course to progress and develop. Basic materials included.
» Save to wishlistDate: 27 Feb 11 - 20 Mar 11
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Learn about developing a 'cubist type' abstracted form from direct observation of a still life subject. Some experience of drawing helpful though not essential if you are prepared to try something new.
» Save to wishlistDate: 31 Oct 10 - 7 Nov 10
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Learn how to develop creative and novel solutions to problems and develop a more lateral approach to thinking. We will explore a range of techniques and exercises.
» Save to wishlistDate: Various dates
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Develop your skills in crime writing: character, plot, dialogue, pacing and atmosphere. Look at what works. Writing exercises to stimulate, feedback on your work and encouragement to continue.
» Save to wishlistDate: 25 Jun 11
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An intensive course for complete newcomers to the craft. You will learn the basic crochet techniques, how to use them to make simple samples and how to follow patterns.
» Save to wishlistDate: 23 Oct 10 - 30 Oct 10
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Discover how cultural influences shape personal and social identities, behaviours, beliefs, and mental health. The course will examine the role of cultural diversity in our work. Open to all, but counsellors and professional helpers or educators will find this useful.
» Save to wishlistDate: 19 Sep 10 - 24 Oct 10
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Explore some of the important facets of life in ancient Egypt including housing, food and drink, clothing and jewellery, and health. The topics will be demonstrated using art work, mummies and written documents.
» Save to wishlistDate: 11 Jun 11
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The remarkable life of a pioneer of women composers in Britain. All six of her operas were performed in her lifetime and her March of the Women was the battle cry of the Suffragettes.
» Save to wishlistDate: 12 Mar 11
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This course will introduce students to the key roles of allegory, the Pilgrim, the poet and philosophy in Dante's great poem The Divine Comedy, looking at extracts from the Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise.
» Save to wishlistDate: 7 May 11
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Discover how you can find inspiration for designing jewellery, generate quick sketches and construct plan drawings as a means to develop your own jewellery range.
» Save to wishlistDate: 13 Mar 11 - 27 Mar 11
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French 2 upper: module 1
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