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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 £699.00 Senior fee £559.00 Concession £454.00
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  2. Illustrating people and places
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 21 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Be inspired by the people of London and the architecture and environments they inhabit. This course all about drawing people and places, providing you with ample opportunity observe London life, situations and scenarios that will inspire your work.







    Learn how to document and sketch from life in different locations and then develop artwork into compelling illustrations that are full of life.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  3. Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00
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  4. Full fee £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £201.00
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  5. Walk and Talk: Around Chaucer's London
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 21 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Vanessa King

    Join Vanessa King to explore Life in London in the Age of Chaucer (c.1343-1400) on this morning talk & afternoon walk.

    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  6. Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  7. Astronomy: a brief introduction
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 28 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Radmila Topalovic
    Join Dr. Radmila Topalovic to discover how to identify planets and constellations above the city and beyond.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  8. Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00
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  9. Introduction to oil painting
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 28 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Desmond Haughton
    Oil paint is a medium, capable of delicate transparency and rich impasto effects. It holds many challenges for the beginner, but this course will offer a clear, structured way into the essentials and beauty of oil painting. will develop a feel for paint handling which will build skills and feed progress in oil painting.
    Full fee £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £220.00
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  10. Guided Photo Walk Focussing on Composition - City Lit Silver Sunday
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    Course start date:  Sun 5 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Michael Harding
    A Guided Photo Walk in the area, emphasizing how to improve your photographic composition. (Suitable for camera phone or DSLR). This walk takes place on firm, level ground covering a modest distance.







    Age UK’s Silver Sunday is a day dedicated to older people which takes place every year in October. Fun and free activities are held across the UK where older people can make new friends, visit new places, try new activities, and connect with other generations in their local communities. This year’s Silver Sunday will be taking place on Sunday 6th October, and City Lit will join in the activities by offering a diverse selection of workshops.







    This tater session is aimed specifically to older people but that everyone is welcome to join in, as connecting generations forms an important part of this day.
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  11. Silver Sunday Surfer Safety
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    Course start date:  Sun 5 Oct 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    This course ensure you have the skills you need to surf the internet safely and confidently. Getting online can make life easier in many ways, but also comes with the risk of scams and fraud. Online scams are becoming increasingly common, but you can protect yourself by knowing what to look out for, and what to do if you suspect a scam.



    This course is free for learners who have digital skills assessed as below level 1. For more information Click here

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  12. Hitchcock's Horror Thrillers 2: The Birds, scene by scene
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 5 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jon Wisbey
    Hitchcock's The Birds (1963), sees the director exploring a familiar theme: the 'romantic couple' tested by suspenseful events. But unlike his glossy 1950s hits, Hitchcock opts for muted visuals and performances in an unflinching examination of femininity under threat and masculine cruelty, framed by a dystopian revenge of nature narrative. Explore the master's last great film, scene by scene.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  13. Five Easy Steps to Taking Better Photographs on your mobile or DSLR - City Lit Silver Sunday
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 5 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Michael Harding
    An illustrated guide to improving your photograph in easy steps.







    Age UK’s Silver Sunday is a day dedicated to older people which takes place every year in October. Fun and free activities are held across the UK where older people can make new friends, visit new places, try new activities, and connect with other generations in their local communities. This year’s Silver Sunday will be taking place on Sunday 6th October, and City Lit will join in the activities by offering a diverse selection of workshops.







    This taster session is aimed specifically to older people but everyone is welcome to join in, as connecting generations forms an important part of this day.
    Full fee £0.00
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  14. Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs: an introduction online
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 5 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Hugo Cook




    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £103.00
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  15. Explore: creative collage
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 19 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Pam Williams
    From the early 20th century onwards, the advent of ‘mass’ media – newspapers, magazines, leaflets, packaging - led to some of the most innovative artistic movements in Western culture: Dada, Surrealism, Bauhaus, Punk.







    Arguably, these movements (all of which centralised ‘collage’), have had more of a bearing on contemporary graphic design than anything else. Think of the countless adverts, websites, and social media posts which owe a debt to Jamie Reid’s ‘Sex Pistols’ album designs (which, in turn, owe their existence to the Dadaists).







    The methodology of collage should therefore play a role in any good design practice.







    Our Workshops enable you to take a deep dive into a specific process, media or tool.



    They throw the spotlight onto niche areas of the visual communication field, enabling you to hone higher-level skills and gain deeper insights.







    Workshops tend to have a practical focus, with little or no theory or context, although this varies by course.
    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00
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