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  1. In Conversation with Hallie Rubenhold
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 14 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Join us at City Lit for an event with Hallie Rubenhold to celebrate her new book, Story of a Murder: The Wives, The Mistress and Dr Crippen. Hosted by City Lit Principal Mark Malcomson CBE, the conversation will focus on Hallie's feminist retelling of the infamous true-crime story of Dr Crippen. The event includes an audience Q&A, followed by a drinks reception and book signing.

    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00
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  2. A taste of economics with Vince Cable: politicians who changed the narrative on economics
    Course start date:  Wed 14 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Join Dr Vince Cable, former minister and party leader of the Liberal Democrats, for a session on a brief overview of politicians who changed the global narrative on economics.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  3. Tokyo: an insider's guide
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 16 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Kiyomi Unten
    Join this lively course and learn about this bustling capital that mixes the ultramodern and the traditional, from neon-lit skyscrapers and anime shops to cherry trees and temples. Open to all levels.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  4. Places to visit in South Korea
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 17 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jaeran Won
    Come and learn more about key places to visit in this fascinating country.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  5. The Miracle of Prose Poetry: Baudelaire and beyond
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 17 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Suzannah V. Evans
    What is prose poetry? What makes prose poetry different from line-broken poetry? Why might poets choose to write in this form? Come and explore the complexities and possibilities of this provocative form in a supportive group context.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00
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  6. Keats and eternity
    Last Few Places, Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 18 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Laurie Smith
    In the house where many of them were written, we will explore why Keats’s poems are regarded as exceptionally beautiful. How did he achieve this? We will see that it wasn’t luck or simply inspiration, but the result of choices which reflect important aspects of Keats’ personality. Includes ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, Ode to a Grecian Urn’ and ‘To Autumn’.







    This course will take place at Keats House, 10 Keats Grove, Hampstead, London NW3 2RR.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  9. 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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  10. Mews, monuments and museums
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 1 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Marilyn Greene
    This circular walk explores the alleys lanes, squares and delightful mews houses and passes a disused tube station in the mainly in the Knightsbridge conservation area and contrasts with the grand museums, institutions and monuments built in South Kensington (Albertopolis) developed with profits of the Great Exhibition held in Hyde Park in 1851. Meets outside the main entrance to the V&A ends outside the Natural History Museum. Meets outside the main entrance to the V&A ends outside the Natural History Museum.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00
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  11. The philosophy of race
    Course start date:  Tue 3 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ovett Nwosimiri

    This course session touches upon the philosophical foundations of race, engaging with historical and contemporary debates on racial identity, racism, and justic

    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £8.00 Concession £7.00
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  12. Struggles for Racial and Gender Justice in Latin America
    Course start date:  Tue 3 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Pilar Villanueva Martinez

    This course explores key contemporary movements for racial and gender justice in Latin America, including the feminist and women's movement, Indigenous peoples' land defense, and the anti-racist struggles of Afro-descendant communities.

    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £8.00 Concession £7.00
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  13. Art for social change: introducing the photography of Gordon Parks
    Course start date:  Tue 3 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sarah Jaffray

    An introduction to the photography of Gordon Parks and its significant impact on social justice in the United States. We’ll develop Parks’s biography before looking at some of his famous photo-essays for Life and Ebony Magazines in the 1940s and 50s.

    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £7.00
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  14. Ethnicity, Racism, Crime and the Criminal Justice System in Britain
    Course start date:  Tue 3 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Michele Scott

    Join us to discuss ethnic inequalities within the British Criminal Justice System (CJS) and why these inequalities continue to persist in the 21st century. This session is part of the day on Racism and Racial Justice with Amnesty International UK..   

    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £8.00 Concession £7.00
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  15. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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