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  1. The foreign invention of British art
    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Leslie Primo
    Trace the importance of foreigners to the British art scene from the Tudor period to the Baroque. How did artists like Holbein, Dobson, van Somer and van Dyck influence the British School?
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00
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  2. Introduction to chamber music
    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Pauline Greene
    What is chamber music, and how is it different from a Symphony or an opera? What sort of musicians would play chamber music and which periods of music history does it come?
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £104.00
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  3. Cornish advanced: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jo P'Rhys
    Develop your advanced Cornish conversation and discussion.Suitable for anyone who has studied Cornish for several years and wants to improve their oral skills.



    Over two years, the course prepares those wishing to take the 4th grade (final grade) of the Cornish Language Board examinations.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  4. Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00
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  5. Nineteenth century French fiction
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 29 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Megan Beech
    Passion, marriage, crime, class, and murder: these are just some of the key issues at play in the three exhilarating French novels we will discuss in this online course. Focusing on George Sand’s Indiana (1832), Balzac’s Père Goriot (1835) and Zola’s Thérèse Raquin (1868), we’ll explore French literary style and the influence of serialisation on sensation fiction and these author’s depictions of social class, romance, and realism.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
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  6. Latin 4 upper: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 29 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Justin Murray
    Continue to study Latin grammar and improve your skills at reading and translating Latin texts as well as exploring Roman culture and history. Starting with Reading Latin, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, 2 volumes then moving on to original texts.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  7. Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  8. Ancient Greek 3: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 7 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Hugo Cook

    Suitable if you have completed Ancient Greek 3: module 2 or have an equivalent knowledge. Further your knowledge of grammatical structures and vocabulary so that you can read more complex Ancient Greek prose.

    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £45.00
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  9. Sanskrit reading circle
    Course start date:  Tue 6 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Vaughan Pilikian

    This is a course in the Sanskrit language based around the reading of Sanskrit texts unadapted.

    Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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  10. Modern Greek 5: advanced practice
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Maria Contos
    Learn Modern Greek on this lively online course.







    Improve your level of post-intermediate Greek. You will be able to understand, speak and listen to more complex expressions in Modern Greek in various everyday situations. Suitable if you have studied Modern Greek for 6/7 years.
    Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00
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  11. Biblical Hebrew advanced: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 29 Sep 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Rachel Montagu

    In this advanced course, you will deepen your knowledge of Hebrew grammar and further develop your ability to translate from the Bible.

    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  12. French 4: conversation
    Course start date:  Thu 1 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Valerie Jézéquel
    Débats et conversations sur des sujets d'actualité avec l'aide de journaux et de la télévision.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  13. Spanish A level
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 30 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    A demanding course preparing you for the A-level exam (Edexcel). You will need to have studied Spanish for about four years or have an equivalent level to join this course (B2).



    At the end of this course, you will sit an exam and, if successful, will gain a nationally recognised qualification. Exam costs are included in the fee and are not refundable.







    **City Lit is an adult education college, so we are only able to accept candidates who are aged 19 or over.







    This course will be delivered online. Please see the "How will I be taught" section for term dates. A mock exam will take place in on 28/02/2026 at our Covent Garden college. You will therefore need to make sure that you make the necessary arrangements so that you can attend in person on that date.







    The official exams will also take place at our Covent Garden college during the months of May and June 2026.
    Full fee £1,349.00 Senior fee £1,349.00 Concession £1,349.00
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  14. Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £109.00
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  15. Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £136.00
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