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  4. Some like it Indie: How the Independents Revolutionised Postwar Hollywood
    Course start date:  Fri 17 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    What do The Apartment, The Great Escape, West Side Story, In the Heat of the Night, The Pink Panther, The Magnificent Seven, Fiddler on the Roof and Some Like it Hot have in common? They were all produced by one small production company, run by three brothers, as the studio system was replaced by the new independent producers. Most Hollywood history fetishizes the 1970s as the decade in which the movies finally came of age. But this course looks back to the late ‘50s and ‘60s and zooms in on a single independent production company, the Mirisch Company, to understand the seismic shift that transformed Hollywood – not only in how films were produced but also in terms of the subjects and styles of the films themselves.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  5. Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  6. Product and still life photography
    Course start date:  Thu 13 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Neil White

    This hands-on, studio-based course is designed for photographers looking to enhance their skills in product and still life photography. You will explore lighting, composition and styling techniques to create visually compelling and professional-quality images.

    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  8. Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £239.00
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  9. Piano/keyboards 4B
    Course start date:  Tue 13 Jan 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Edward Henderson

    Can you play grade 2 standard pieces? Improve your hand coordination, musical phrasing, reading and technique, and improve your confidence in this second term of level 3.

    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £153.00
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  10. Spanish 3 lower: module 2
    Course start date:  Fri 16 Jan 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Amaia Ibargüen
    Improve your intermediate Spanish on this lively course, with the emphasis on speaking, listening and acquiring a greater understanding of Spanish grammar. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 3 lower: module 1' or equivalent. Based on Aula Internacional Plus 3, (Difusión Publishers).

    Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  11. Spanish 3 upper: module 2
    Course start date:  Fri 16 Jan 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Amaia Ibargüen
    Further improve your Spanish in this lively class, taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills. You will also acquire a greater understanding of Spanish grammar. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 3 upper: module 1' or equivalent. Based on Aula Internacional Plus 4, new edition, (Difusión Publishers).

    Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  12. French 4 at a gentle pace: module 2
    Course start date:  Fri 16 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Pierre Porcheron
    Want to learn (continue learning) French but worried that you might not be able to keep up? French 4 at a gentle pace: module 2 is designed to cover the same material as our standard French 4: module 2 course, but at a slightly slower pace, and with more opportunities for revision built in.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  13. 19th Century French Literary Classics
    Course start date:  Fri 16 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Richard Niland

    This class explores major voices from 19th Century French literature, discussing literary style, themes, and key contexts as a way of developing responses to celebrated French writers. From Balzac and Flaubert to de Nerval and Laforgue, come discover French prose and poetry produced between the Revolution and the Great War.

     

    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  14. Illustrating narratives
    Course start date:  Thu 5 Mar 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ciara Flood

    On this course you will explore practical methods of storyboarding and the ability to take a narrative and translate it into a sequence of images. This skill is essential for children’s book illustrators, graphic novelists, animators and film makers. 

    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  15. Piano/keyboards 4C
    Course start date:  Tue 21 Apr 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Edward Henderson
    Work on grade 3 standard repertoire to improve your hand coordination, musical phrasing, reading and finger technique, and improve your confidence.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £153.00
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