- Watercolour painting studio: still life
Course start date: Thu 11 Jun 2026 (and 3 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Hilary RosenA stimulating opportunity to explore the essential elements of still life painting using watercolour. Suitable for beginners as well as a refresher course for those with previous experience of the medium.Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00 - Sketching at Tate Modern Course start date: Thu 11 Jun 2026 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Steve WrightExploring the pleasure and challenge of sketchbooks; learn and improve your drawing skills and 'ways of seeing' and understanding, working from an exciting range of artworks in Tate modern.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre and Villette Course start date: Thu 11 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sophie OxenhamThis Literature course focuses on two novels by Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre and Villette. We will develop an appreciation of Brontë’s narrative methods and concerns through close analysis of her language, alongside engaging with the literary, historical and critical contexts of these novels, and the Brontë ‘mythology’ itself.
Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Becoming confident on Word 365 (beginner)Course start date: Thu 11 Jun 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Are you new to Word and word processing? Do you want to learn this essential skill both for work and private life? This course will help you create and organise digital letters and short documents.You will learn all the basic functions of creating documents: adding, copying, moving and formatting text, inserting pictures and creating tables, checking spelling and grammar, changing the page layout and printing different documents accurately. All you need is enthusiasm, and confidence using a mouse and basic keyboard functions.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £40.00 - Writing a memoir Course start date: Thu 11 Jun 2026 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Julie GartonSome moments in our lives are so powerful they beg to be shared with the world. This course will help you plan and craft a memoir that will resonate and inspire.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £80.00 - Textiles: frame loom weaving Course start date: Thu 11 Jun 2026 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Renata MinoldoWould you like to learn how to create inspiring and beautiful hand woven artworks? Join this exciting 4-week course to explore a range of creative approaches to frame loom weaving.Full fee £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £220.00 - Understanding Ethics in AI Course start date: Thu 11 Jun 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vina TheodorakopoulouThis is a short introduction to Ethics in AI for non-technical beginners who aspire to drive responsible AI design and use. This course will enable you to strike a balance between the potential benefits and risks of AI technology.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Alexander Technique: introduction Course start date: Thu 11 Jun 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kamal ThapenDiscover how to return your body to its natural state of balance and poise in this beginner's guide to the Alexander Technique. Learn how to relieve stress by becoming mindful of muscular and mental tension.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £83.00 - Business skills for creative businesses Course start date: Thu 11 Jun 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Christine RobertsonLearn the essential skills to start, grow, and manage a successful small business in the creative industries. This practical course covers everything from business planning and marketing to finance and operations, helping you turn your creative passion into a thriving enterprise.
Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00 - Rilke, the Poetry of a Lifetime: The Book of Hours, New Poems, Duino, OrpheusCourse start date: Fri 12 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephen WinfieldExplore four major collections by the revered Austrian poet whose search for a restored unity of art, self and world has, for many, constituted a healing message in the midst of our pressurised modernity. From despair to affirmation, from “Whoever has no home will build none now” to “our existence’s wondrous abundances”, discover how Rilke’s journey is marked at every stage by a formal brilliance and intellectual power that invite and reward the closest attention.
Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Podcasting: introduction Course start date: Fri 12 Jun 2026 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lyndon IvesDo you want to create your own podcast? This is your chance to develop your ideas into a podcast which you will produce in this course.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Art in 1920s Paris Course start date: Fri 12 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayExplore 1920s Paris from the perspective of experimental art movements. From textile design to surrealism, abstraction to neo-classicism we look at how the city of Paris was an active collaborator in the art of the era.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Wildlife Lunchtime Lecture: Elephant conservation in Africa Course start date: Fri 12 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Barnaby PhillipsThe ivory trade ban has stopped the mass slaughter of Africa’s elephants, but elephants and people are increasingly in conflict over land and resources. Do elephants have a future? Tutor: Barnaby Phillips.
Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - Queer sexualities in the Ancient WorldCourse start date: Sat 13 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Yentl LoveJourney back through thousands of years of history in order to explore Queer sexual experiences and identities from across the world, including Ancient Egyptian burial sculptures, Hellenistic curse tablets, and ancient Mesopotamian literature, before we encounter ancient evidence of LGBTQIA+ experiences through time at the British Museum.
Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - ITEC Level 3 Certificate in Lymphatic drainage massage Course start date: Sat 13 Jun 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Mark WoollardLearn how to provide a Lymphatic Drainage Massage using the classical lymphatic drainage techniques, including and the extraordinary benefits of this treatment. Prior experience: you must have completed the ITEC massage diploma or equivalent.
Please note the course runs for six weeks. The first session will take place on Saturday, 13th June, and from the following week onward, sessions will continue on Fridays.
Full fee £539.00 Senior fee £539.00 Concession £539.00
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