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City Lit is a leading provider of adult education in London and all over the UK. It's the perfect place to learn something new, gain new skills, and build your confidence. From mastering new languages and honing creative skills to advancing your career with professional development courses. Whatever your passion or goal, our diverse curriculum has the perfect course to inspire your next step.

 

 

 

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  1. Friday lates: The East India Company and the passion for chintz
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 7 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Anita Chowdry
    Explore the story of how Indian painted and printed cottons became an important trade commodity for the Western domestic market, and the far-reaching impact of their design and manufacture.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  2. Italian 3: cinque settimane, un libro
    Course start date:  Fri 7 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Ottavia Castellina
    Improve your knowledge of Italian through on this short literature course which will give you an opportunity to learn new vocabulary and practise your grammar by being exposed to authentic Italian texts. Each term learners will look at a new text and use it as a base to improve not only their reading skills but also their speaking, grammar and vocabulary.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00
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  3. Introduction to string quartets
    Course start date:  Fri 7 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Pauline Greene
    String quartets developed new musical forms and ensured success for many composers, whilst allowing an intimate conversation with their audiences. We trace the quartets of the masters from Haydn and Mozart to Shostakovich and beyond.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £104.00
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  4. Welsh 4/5: learning through translation
    Course start date:  Fri 7 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jack Pulman-Slater
    Improve your understanding of the differences between English and Welsh on this practical, online translation course for Level 4/5 learners of Welsh.
    Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00
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  5. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  6. Friday lates: Cook must fall! Portraits of Captain James Cook, new and old
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 28 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Ben Pollitt
    Explore the portrayal of Captain James Cook from c. 1770 to the present day. Understand images of Cook provide us with a fascinating platform to think about the complicated relationships that have emerged out of British Empire and what used to be thought of as its imperial possessions.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  7. Interactions between the Mediterranean world and Anglo-Saxon England
    Course start date:  Fri 5 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Stephen Pollington
    This talk will explore some of the connections which maintained the Anglo-Saxons' feeling that Rome was part of their heritage.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £19.00
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  8. Music history bookclub: The Great Passion
    Course start date:  Fri 12 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Edward Breen

    The music history book club meets towards the end of each term to discuss novels and biographies with musical themes and references relevant to the music history programme. 

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  9. Grammar in practice: upper intermediate (level 1-2)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 9 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Unsure when to use present perfect or past perfect? Is reported speech still causing you problems? Do you need to practise your conditionals? Join this course and put your grammar into practice in speaking, writing, reading and listening. Gain confidence in using grammar effectively through high level and engaging tasks



    You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 8078 0489 for a face-to-face assessment or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name).



    This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here

    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £75.00
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  10. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00
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  11. French 4 at a gentle pace: module 3
    Course start date:  Fri 2 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Estelle Hélouin
    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 3 course, but at a slightly slower pace, and with more opportunities for revision built in.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  12. Piano/keyboards 4C
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 1 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  David Frankel
    For pianists with around three years' experience. Improve your finger technique, coordination, phrasing, music



    reading, and your confidence.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00
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  13. Cornish advanced: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 2 May 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.



    The course prepares you for the 4th grade (final grade) of the Cornish Language Board examinations.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £90.00
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  14. Exploring film directors
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 2 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jon Wisbey
    Seen as the unifying and creative force in a film, directors have become important for both an audience's engagement and a film's marketing and 'positioning'. This course explores the work of a range of directors, or 'auteurs', their approach to filmmaking and their thematic interests, while assessing the concept of authorship and the contexts in which a director's work is produced and consumed.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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  15. Art in medieval Italy: the Kingdom of Lombardy and its impact
    Course start date:  Fri 2 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Simone Chisena
    Discover the rich artistic heritage of the first Kings of Italy, the tenacious warriors who first rule the country.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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