- Everyday Life in the Roman EmpireCourse start date: Thu 8 May 2025
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Tutors: Sean GabbAn opportunity to find about how daily life was for ordinary people in the Roman Empire. - Tales of transformation: Ovid’s MetamorphosesCourse start date: Thu 8 May 2025
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Tutors: Nikoletta ManiotiSo many works of art refer, in a way or another, to Ovid's Metamorphoses. In this course, you'll become familiar with some of the most memorable stories in this masterpiece and begin to understand why its stories are - and have been - so universally fascinating and influential.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - Writing creative non-fiction
Course start date: Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 9 other dates)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vicky GrutExplore practical and imaginative approaches to creative non fiction, including travel writing, life writing and the essay. Analyse published work, produce your own pieces, and benefit from detailed feedback.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £125.00 - Ancient Greek 1: module 1 Course start date: Thu 8 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
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Tutors: Rachael AppsLearn the basic grammatical structures and vocabulary so that you can begin to read straightforward Ancient Greek prose. Suitable also if you have some basic or rusty knowledge of the language.
Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Old English level 1 Course start date: Thu 8 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
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Tutors: Stephen Pollington.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Generative AI: a short introduction Course start date: Fri 5 Dec 2025 (and 7 other dates)
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Tutors: Kate ScottThis is a short introduction to Generative AI for non-technical beginners who want to find out what all the fuss is about over ChatGPT, Gemini, and Firefly.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00 - Italian beginners: module 1 Course start date: Tue 6 May 2025 (and 15 other dates)
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Tutors: Veronica De FeliceWith its rich culture and history and its incredible landscapes and architecture, there are countless reasons to learn Italian. Whether you wish to learn Italian in order to make your visits to Italy more enjoyable, or because you'd like to speak with family and friends in their native language, this course will provide the groundwork for you to begin your journey towards fluency. Our emphasis is on speaking and listening skills so that you can start communicating quickly in Italian. Once you've completed this course you can continue with 'Italian beginners: module 2.’
Learn to speak Italian on this intensive evening class. Taught in Italian, the emphasis is on developing your speaking and listening skills. Each lesson is a bit longer than our standard lesson time, so you'll cover the same ground as you would in a standard beginners course, but you'll do so in fewer weeks. Based on Nuovo Espresso 1 (Alma Edizioni).Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £115.00 - Friday lates: The body as image and material in 20th century artCourse start date: Fri 9 May 2025
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Tutors: Irina ChkhaidzeExplore the representation of body and body-related practices by prominent modern and contemporary artists of the twentieth century.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - Japanese beginners: holiday kit Course start date: Sat 10 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
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Tutors: Hisaka BuntingMake the most of your visit to Japan with this short, intensive course. This Holiday Kit will provide you with all the language you need to communicate in the most common holiday situations and to have a friendly chat with the locals!Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - Craft focus: grammar, syntax and style for creative writers - getting started Course start date: Sat 10 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
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Tutors: William BradyGreat poetry and prose begin when the writer puts the right words in the right places. Learn how and why the rules and conventions of language matter in this new course, which combines creative writing with a review of essential points of grammar.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Spanish beginners: module 2Course start date: Tue 6 May 2025 (and 10 other dates)
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Tutors: Cristina CasadoContinue learning to speak Spanish on this lively, communicative course for near beginners. Taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills.
Based on Units 5-6 Nos vemos Hoy 1; publisher: Campus Difusión, (please see the coursebook section below for the ISBN)
Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Ways into screenwriting: getting started Course start date: Sun 20 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)
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Tutors: Alan NixonWant to write scripts but don't know how to start? Discover the basics of screenwriting - character, conflict and more - on this online taster course that will help you shape your ideas and get your story going.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Latin 5 Course start date: Sat 11 Oct 2025 (and 8 other dates)
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Tutors: Judith RiceIn 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.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Writing inspiration jam Course start date: Sun 11 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Claire CollisonThis fun, inspiring day workshop explores the many sources of inspiration available to writers in their everyday lives. - Writing and rewriting fairytales Course start date: Sun 11 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)
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Tutors: KR MoorheadOnce upon a time there was a City Lit workshop all about writing fairytales. The quest: to inspire writers to pen stories of love, fear, forests, revenge, dragons, witches, kings, queens, frogs and magic.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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