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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. Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  2. Recorders: return to playing
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Layil Barr
    Discover the joy of this delightful instrument. Learn the basics of fingering and articulation to play melodies both in unison and in ensemble. Please bring your own descant and/or treble. Break week: 26 May 2025.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00
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  3. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00
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  4. A Very British History of Migration
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Siobhan McGuirk
    Taking a critical historical approach, this course with Dr. McGuirk charts how migration has shaped British politics, law, culture and society – and helped transform popular ideas about what it means to be British today.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  5. Ruling Russia: Tsars, Revolutions, Civil War , and the Triumph of Lenin (1860-1924)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 13 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Zoe Quinn
    This course explores the transformative period of Russian history from 1860 to 1924, encompassing the autocratic rule of the Tsars, the revolutionary upheavals of 1905 and 1917, the chaos of the civil war, and the consolidation of the Bolshevik regime. Students will examine key events, figures, and ideologies that shaped modern Russia, delving into the complexities of political, social, and economic changes during this era.



    Please note: this course includes much of the material covered in previous Russian Revolution courses at the City Lit. Moreover this course is taught at an introductory level. Tutor: Zoe Quinn.
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £110.00
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  6. Medicine in the Middle Ages
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 17 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Vanessa King
    To treat an excess of phlegm make a steam inhaler from boiled ants. For burns and scalds apply snail slime. If you would like more useful medical and cosmetic tips with no guarantees of success, this course is for you.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £69.00
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  7. Global Connections: Oral Histories of Ugandan Asians in Britain after 1972
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 22 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Syeda Ali
    This one day course brings together evidence from interviews with the ever decreasing number of original arrivals to the UK from Uganda, following Idi Amin’s expulsion in 1972.



    Using oral history we ask questions of what we can learn from the personal testimony of individuals and what unique insights this gives us.
    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £7.00
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  8. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00
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  9. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00
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  10. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00
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  11. Music theory: grades 1 and 2
    Course start date:  Thu 1 May 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Selena Kay
    Learn the basic principles of musical language and notation: rhythmic values, time signatures, pitch on treble and bass clefs, simple major scales, intervals and key signatures, and the most common musical terms and signs. break week: 29 May 2025.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00
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  12. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £249.00
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  14. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00
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  15. Village London
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Wed 30 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Hazel Baker
    London is made up of a series of villages, each with its own individual characteristics. Explore Spitalfields



    Shoreditch, Finsbury, Clerkenwell, Islington, Soho, Fitzrovia and Mayfair on these 8 guided walks.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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