- French beginners: taster
Course start date: Mon 21 Jul 2025 (and 6 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie JézéquelGet a flavour of French and its basic sentence structure. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners and those who might like to take it further.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Refugee Week at City Lit: Refugees – Entrepreneurship and Business Course start date: Wed 6 Aug 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ketan VariaJoin us to explores the impact of refugees on businesses in the UK, highlighting both the challenges and opportunities they bring to the economy as part of Refugee Week at City Lit.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £8.00 Concession £7.00 - German beginners tasterCourse start date: Mon 8 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Heiner SchenkeCome and discover German in this lively taster.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Spanish beginners: taster Course start date: Tue 9 Sep 2025 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Analía ToloneGet a flavour of a new language and its basic sentence structure in this lively taster course. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Creative writing: a taster Course start date: Tue 9 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Josh LaceyGive creative writing a try in this fun and supportive one-off taster session. Ideal if you want to unlock your imagination and express yourself, but need a bit of encouragement to get started.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £10.00 - Writing creative non-fiction: a taster Course start date: Wed 10 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julie GartonHave you had experiences that will move, delight or entertain readers? This taster session in creative non-fiction explores approaches to capturing your most poignant moments and crafting them into inspiring pieces of literature.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Japanese beginners tasterCourse start date: Wed 10 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Kiyomi UntenCome and discover Japanese in this lively taster.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Art history taster Course start date: Wed 10 Sep 2025 (and 13 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayCurious about art history? Join us for this taster session where we explore different ways into visual art and its histories from the ancient to the contemporary.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - Ways into poetry Course start date: Mon 15 Sep 2025 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cecilia KnappRelatively new to writing poetry? This inspiring course offers an opportunity to experiment with language and a variety of poetic devices alongside fellow emerging poets. Discover the key elements of a poem in a friendly and interactive class.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £125.00 - Irish beginners taster Course start date: Tue 16 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah O'DonnellCome and discover the Irish language in this lively taster session.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Danish beginners tasterCourse start date: Wed 17 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Anne Svenstrup GrantCurious about Danish? Try out a fun and interactive online Danish lesson with City Lit!
Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Russian beginners taster Course start date: Wed 17 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Altannavch MurrayCome and discover Russian in this lively taster.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Gothic language: an introduction Course start date: Wed 8 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Stephen PollingtonDiscover the ancient language spoken by the Goths, an ancient Germanic population from Scandinavia who settled in North-Eastern and Eastern Europe.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00 - Lunchtime lecture: William Blake, a life of innocence and experience Course start date: Wed 10 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayExplore the art of William Blake from a political perspective, looking at his social and cultural context as a working-class artist working in a rapidly changing world.
Full fee £14.00 Senior fee £11.00 Concession £9.00 - Lunchtime lecture: Art histories - the art of Kerry James MarshallCourse start date: Wed 7 Jan 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayAn introduction to recent American and art histories through the work of the influential painter Kerry James Marshall. This lecture coincides with the last days of his major retrospective at the Royal Academy (20 September, 2025-18 January, 2026).
Full fee £14.00 Senior fee £11.00 Concession £9.00
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