London history and walks
From its Bronze Age beginnings to capital status, London has witnessed growth and destruction throughout its long history. Join us for lively classroom discussions and popular walks around the city and discover who and what has left their mark on the city.
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Dickens' London
Course Date: Sat 18 Nov 2017
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' Enjoy this introduction to Dickens' work and the London of his time. Morning lecture at City Lit followed by a walk in the area of the city connected to his work.Full fee: £49.00Senior fee: £39.00Concession: £22.00 -
Urban well-being in modern London from a human evolutionary perspective
Course Date: Sat 9 Dec 2017
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDiscover ways in which we can adapt life-styles and even town plans to better match our ancient ‘Palaeolithic Genome’, and thus contain the otherwise inevitable rise is the often fatal 'Diseases of Civilisation'.Full fee: £49.00Senior fee: £39.00Concession: £25.00 -
Archaeology of London
Course Date: Mon 8 Jan 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetExplore the archaeology and history of London through its cultural monuments, topography and material remains to more fully appreciate the rich archaeological evidence of the capital.Full fee: £179.00Senior fee: £143.00Concession: £79.00 -
Exploring London's museums: dinosaurs, mummies and Greek ruins
Course Date: Tue 9 Jan 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetWith the focus on London museums explore the history of museums, from Renaissance collectors to 21st century palaces of knowledge, looking at Egyptology, natural history, archaeological remains and much more. This is a classroom-based course with visits to London museums.Full fee: £179.00Senior fee: £143.00Concession: £79.00 -
Transports of delight: London's railway stations
Course Date: Tue 9 Jan 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLondon's stations see over 1 billion journeys annually, but the buildings themselves are often ignored. Explore a different station and environs each week, discovering the architecture, history, stories and future of these lifelines of London. The course starts with an initial classroom lecture at the City Lit followed by a series of walking tours .Full fee: £159.00Senior fee: £127.00Concession: £70.00 -
A history of London: 1845-1880
Course Date: Tue 9 Jan 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetYou will explore High Victorian London - its people, its outward growth and the growth of its economy. How did Londoners experience life in the centre and in the new suburbs?Full fee: £179.00Senior fee: £143.00Concession: £79.00 -
City of Words: further adventures
Course Date: Thu 11 Jan 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLondon luxuriates in literary references. We follow the footsteps of the authors, poets and playwrights, and some of
their creations, as we walk a brand new neighbourhood each week, exploring the literary connections. First meeting point (11/1/18) at Green Park tube station, street level, Piccadilly South side.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £103.00Concession: £57.00 -
Plagues in London: 1348-1665
Course Date: Thu 11 Jan 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetExplore the impact of plague on London during the years 1348-1665. By the seventeenth century we can read eye-witness accounts but medicine was no nearer to a cure.Full fee: £179.00Senior fee: £143.00Concession: £79.00 -
London's quartiers
Course Date: Fri 12 Jan 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThrough one introductory session and seven walks, explore some of London’s quartiers – Soho, Mayfair, Covent Garden, Spitalfields, Clerkenwell, St James and Bloomsbury and understand how their very distinct characters were formed. Entrance fees not included. Initial lecture held at City Lit.Full fee: £149.00Senior fee: £119.00Concession: £66.00 -
London personalities
Course Date: Sat 13 Jan 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetWalks discovering locations where Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Woolf, Oscar Wilde, Octavia Hill, Emma Cons, Lilian Baylis, Charles Dickens, Samuel Pepys , William Hogarth, Gilbert and Sullivan, Shakespeare and Mary Wollstonecraft lived, worked, influenced and socialised. There will be an initial classroom lecture followed by a series of walking tours.Full fee: £179.00Senior fee: £143.00Concession: £79.00 -
The City of London: the Square Mile
Course Date: Wed 21 Feb 2018 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetExplore the City of London after the Great Fire of 1666. Discover how London recovered from one of the great disasters and became a centre of commerce and the heart of a great empire. We follow in the steps of some of its best known characters like Doctor Johnson and Samuel Pepys and some lesser known including William Lilley and Thomas Chatterton. The course follows on from the HLW06 The City of London; the square mile, but new students are welcome.
The first meeting point will be Chancery Lane tube, outside number 150 High Holborn.Full fee: £99.00Senior fee: £79.00Concession: £44.00 -
London regeneration: history, politics and architecture
Course Date: Sat 17 Mar 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetExplore the reconstruction of London after WWII, the decline of its infrastructure, population and economy in the 1960s and 1970s and the emergence of a truly global city by the end of the century.Full fee: £49.00Senior fee: £39.00Concession: £25.00 -
From the 1880s to the 1930s: how the new East End was born
Course Date: Tue 10 Apr 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetIn an area branded 'the hell of poverty', libraries, theatres, art galleries and social housing were established. Workers went on strike and activists campaigned for better lives. Walk through six tumultuous decades of change.
The course will begin with an initial lecture at City Lit followed by six walks.
The last session held at City Lit.Full fee: £139.00Senior fee: £111.00Concession: £61.00 -
Early London: an introduction to the primary sources
Course Date: Tue 10 Apr 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetHow do we study London’s past? This course will introduce the methods and tools of historical analysis: what different types of primary source exist, and what research skills are required to make sense of them.Full fee: £189.00Senior fee: £151.00Concession: £83.00 -
A history of London: 1880-1914
Course Date: Tue 10 Apr 2018
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLondon- capital of empire- was a city of contrasts. Great wealth and poverty led to fine buildings and slums while a rising standard of living for many impacted little on those in need.Full fee: £189.00Senior fee: £151.00Concession: £83.00