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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. French 5 taster: mosaïques
    Course start date:  Thu 16 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Anais Perdaems




    Come and join this lively taster which will offer you an opportunity to try out this course format before enrolling.







    Etude de la langue à travers la littérature, les chansons, les films, les informations télévisées, les coupures de presse, et diverses activités créatives orales et écrites.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  2. Seeing inside paintings
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 16 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Caroline Rae
    Discover the secrets of the Old Masters and learn how they created their wonderful effects in this introductory course on painters and painting. We will consider the physical history and scientific examination of artworks in relation to aspects including forgeries, hidden paintings and conservation/ restoration.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
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  3. Lunchtime lecture: Cezanne – from aspiring Impressionist to Post-Impressionist revolutionary
    Course start date:  Thu 23 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Julia Musgrave
    Explore the development of Cezanne revolutionary approach to painting, his techniques and motifs and some of the many artists whose work he influenced.
    Full fee £14.00 Senior fee £11.00 Concession £9.00
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  4. The essentials of British politics
    Course start date:  Thu 23 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ian McGarvie
    This essentials course will give you the foundations of the political system in the United Kingdom, whilst also enabling you to use your newly acquired knowledge to discuss and debate current affairs matters in real time.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  5. Irish history & identity 2 : From the coming of the English invasion in 1169 to the Coronation of Henry VIII as King of Ireland in 1541.
    Course start date:  Thu 30 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Colm Hickey
    Although inextricably linked to Britain, Ireland’s history, identity, and nationhood has equally been shaped by its relationship with Europe. This course traces Ireland’s development from the coming of the English invasion in 1169 to the Coronation of Henry V111 as King of Ireland in 1541.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
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  6. Greek philosophy: the Hellenistic period
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 30 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  John Goff
    The pursuit of happiness is ongoing. In the ancient Greek world this gave rise to several ‘philosophies of life’ that remain the cornerstone of contemporary attitudes. Join this course to explore their key sources.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  8. Fact and Fantasy: English Houses in Fiction
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 30 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Phyllis Richardson
    Why have so many British authors set stories in and around an important house? How does the structure, history and atmosphere of a great house affect plot and narrative? And where do authors derive their inspiration to build fictional houses that capture readers’ imaginations so fully? The novels on this course all focus on one finely imagined house and demonstrate the author’s own personal concerns of the time.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  9. Art in theory: What is creativity?
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 30 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    This critical studies course for developing artists and makers explores the concept of creativity and what it means to be an artist, drawing on a range of cultural theories and work by creative practitioners to help inspire and enhance creative and critical thinking.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00
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