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All our courses here at City Lit are taught by expert tutors such as published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals. Our friendly, supportive, and inspiring tutors are here to boost your confidence and motivate you at every step. We always ensure that your journey with us is enjoyable, positive, and thought-provoking.
We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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- London at war - guided walks
Course start date: Tue 10 Sep 2024Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eleanor JacksonLondon has been shaped by war, conflict and unrest. It's buildings, monuments and even street names reflect our embattled past. These walks examine London's wartime legacy from mediaeval fortifications to the War on Terror.
London guide: Eleanor Jackson
First lecture will be delivered via zoom followed by 8 guided walks.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Advanced fiction writing workshop Course start date: Mon 16 Sep 2024 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Claire CollisonFor experienced writers, this supportive but rigorous workshop offers the perfect opportunity to develop your novel or short story. Receive in-depth feedback and benefit from detailed group discussions on the art of fiction.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £125.00 - Composition techniques Course start date: Tue 17 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Edward HendersonLearn techniques for composing your own music for instruments and/or voices. Suitable for students with knowledge of music theory grade/level 6 standard.
*. break week: 29th October 2024.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00 - French 2 lower: module 2 Course start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024 (and 9 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pascale VuittenezContinue improving your elementary French in this lively interactive course. This course is suitable if you have completed a French 2 lower: module 1 course or studied French recently for at least a year.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Sing jazz: Fats WallerCourse start date: Tue 24 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Clare FosterFats Waller copyrighted over 400 songs, wrote many more, and this new course will guide you through several and prepare you to perform his memorable work. For singers with enthusiasm for and experience in the jazz idiom and newcomers to jazz are also welcome to join. no class on 15th October.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00 - Great European Short StoriesCourse start date: Tue 24 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julian BirkettThe short story in Europe has characteristics all of its own. While British, Irish and American stories are rooted in psychological realism, many European writers have tended towards a more philosophical approach, reflecting the concerns of the modern age as experienced by the sensibilities of individual writers. Authors such as Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka and Albert Camus are masters of the kinds of tale which ask profound question about the nature of our existence. They are also supreme stylists capable of sustaining a gripping narrative. - Sing jazz: advancedCourse start date: Tue 24 Sep 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Clare FosterFor jazz vocalists with a sound technique and experience of jazz and Latin styles. Develop your solo performance and expand your repertoire in this further edition of our advanced class. Some repertoire and vocalese will be taught, and you will be invited to perform repertoire of your choice. no class on 15th October.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00 - Latin 5Course start date: Tue 1 Oct 2024 (and 10 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Andrew DavidIn this advanced course, you will read and translate unadapted texts by Latin authors to deepen your appreciation of their work and your knowledge of Roman culture, history and society.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £136.00 - Latin 4 upper: module 1Course start date: Tue 1 Oct 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sean GabbContinue to study Latin grammar and improve your skills at reading and translating Latin texts as well as exploring Roman culture and history.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Arabic Year 2: module 1Course start date: Tue 1 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alaa SonjoqSuitable if you have studied Arabic for two - three years or have an equivalent level.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Japanese 5: module 1 Course start date: Tue 1 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Kiyomi UntenImprove your level of upper intermediate Japanese. You will be able to understand, speak and listen to more complex expressions in Japanese in various everyday situations.Suitable if you have studied Japanese for 6/7 years.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - New Testament Greek 3: module 1Course start date: Tue 1 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jordan DyckImprove your ability to read unadapted New Testament and early Christian writings, as well as Hellenistic Jewish writings like the Septuagint and Pseudepigrapha, by learning the finest points of the Koine Greek verbal system, including conditional statements, indirect speech, the subjunctive and optative, and all of the uses of the infinitive.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Yoga Pilates mixCourse start date: Tue 1 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Caroline Ings-ChambersStart your evening with a refreshing mix of Yoga and Pilates. Enhance your sense of well-being by stretching and strengthening your body, energising your spine, and toning your core muscles. Close the session by enjoying a calming guided relaxation.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £167.00 - Sanskrit Reading CircleCourse start date: Tue 1 Oct 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vaughan PilikianThis is a course in the Sanskrit language based around the reading of Sanskrit texts unadapted.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Literary translation in practice (Portuguese into English)
Course start date: Tue 1 Oct 2024Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Christina BaumDo you enjoy reading in Portuguese and writing in English? Are you interested in the similarities and differences between English-speaking and Portuguese-speaking cultures? Do you have a particular interest and/or background in literature, especially literature in other languages? Would you like to see if you have a special knack for translation, perhaps with a view to doing it professionally? Come and join this interactive translation course to hone your translation skills.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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