- Drawing 2Course start date: Mon 12 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ute KreymanBuild your confidence in tackling more personal, complex drawings. Further explore observational drawing and visual language. Develop your drawing skills by working with different approaches and exploring a range of artists' drawing process.Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - Counselling: an introductionCourse start date: Mon 12 May 2025 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nadia PerezEnhance your personal skills, learn more about yourself and take your first step in counselling training on this primarily experiential course, underpinned by the 3 main theoretical approaches in counselling.
We have courses running daytimes, evenings and weekends. Whatever your schedule, you can find a course that works for you!Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £349.00 Concession £227.00 - Writing for children: workshopCourse start date: Thu 1 May 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Josh LaceyOn this ongoing workshop you will develop your work-in-progress with constructive feedback from tutor and classmates. You need to have completed a ‘Writing for children’ course before joining this class.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £100.00 - Advanced poetry workshopCourse start date: Mon 12 May 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Fran LockDevelop your poetry, taking it in new directions and maturing your poetic voice. Various approaches and techniques will be explored, and new poetry can be workshopped. For experienced poets only.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £125.00 - Printmaking into bookbindingCourse start date: Mon 12 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Claire HyndsExplore the three dimensional possibilities of print. This course will encourage you to develop your initial ideas through experiments with printmaking techniques and bookbinding structures to create an artist’s book. Some printmaking and/or bookbinding experience may be beneficial but not essential.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Typography, typefaces and font workshopCourse start date: Mon 12 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrew McCartenAll designers know, images are powerful. But have you ever considered the look of your text? In other words, the typeface? It’s amazing how many designers overlook this powerful aspect of communication. Words are powerful (of course), but it’s not just what they say, it’s how they say it. On this workshop, learn how to harness the power of type.
Take a deep dive into a specific process, media or tool, with our Visual Communication Workshops.
Workshops 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 conceptual or contextual elements, although this varies by course.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Korean 3 upper: module 3Course start date: Mon 12 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jaeran WonContinue your study of Korean in this lively online year 3 course. Improve your speaking and listening skills while further developing your understanding of Korean grammar.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00 - Understanding the dynamics of the Middle East: Turkish Politics since the early republican periodCourse start date: Tue 13 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Caglar EzikogluJoin Dr. Çaglar Ezikoglu to explore Turkish politics from the early republican period to today, understanding key developments, ideologies, and their impact on the Middle East.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00 - Italian beginners: module 3Course start date: Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ottavia CastellinaContinue learning to speak Italian on this communicative course, with the emphasis on the practical use of Italian and the development of your speaking and listening skills. Suitable if you have completed beginners: module 2 or equivalent. Based on Nuovo Espresso 1 (Alma Edizioni - Italian version). Suggested progression route: Italian 2 lower: module 1.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Latin 1: module 3Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Justin MurraySuitable if you have completed Latin 1: modules 1 and 2 or have an equivalent knowledge. Continue to learn the basic grammatical structures and vocabulary so that you can improve your ability to read and translate straightforward Latin.
Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £136.00 - Philosophy and the selfCourse start date: Tue 13 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ariel KernbergWho am I? Is there such a thing as “my true self”? These and related questions will be looked at from various philosophical perspectives.
NB There will be no class on 26/05/26.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00 - Literary translation in practice (Italian into English)Course start date: Tue 13 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Antonio GambacortaDo you enjoy reading in Italian and writing in English? Are you interested in the similarities and differences between English-speaking and Italian-speaking cultures? Do you have a particular interest and/or background in literature, especially literature in other languages? Would you like to see if you have a special knack for translation, perhaps with a view to doing it professionally? Come and join this interactive translation course to hone your translation skills.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00 - Try it out: garden designCourse start date: Tue 13 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Alison WorsterGet a taste of how you can improve your outside spaces. You will complete a short exercise and experience our design studio. This course links directs to ‘Roof terrace and balcony design and planting’, code VF345.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - London in WritingCourse start date: Tue 13 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Kate WilkinsonCome and explore London in writing! On this course we’ll study fiction and non-fiction texts about London. Contemporary perspectives on the city include two recent novels: Happiness by Aminatta Forna and Light Perpetual by Frances Spufford.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00 - Ruling Russia: Tsars, Revolutions, Civil War , and the Triumph of Lenin (1860-1924)Course start date: Tue 13 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Zoe QuinnThis 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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