- Sing jazzCourse start date: Sat 26 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laura ZakianLearn essential tools to sing jazz, including what to listen for in the piano accompaniment and the importance of pulse, groove and vocal technique. This session is for singers with musical experience who are new to the jazz idiom.
Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - Celebrating London’s Caribbean communities – Brixton Heritage walkCourse start date: Sat 2 Aug 2025
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: A. SThis walking tour is based in Brixton (Starting point: Brixton Tube Station), which was once considered the cultural capital of Britain’s Caribbean population. This walking tour is intended as an immersive experience to commemorate the longstanding presence, experiences and cultures of Caribbean people in London. We will visit monuments and sites that relate to Caribbean contributions to the World Wars, anti-racist struggles, Black journalism, music, food and more.
.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - Black internationalism in the heart of the Empire – Heritage walkCourse start date: Sat 9 Aug 2025
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: A. SThis walking tour takes us along a route of heritage sites commemorating the history of Black activism and anti-colonialism in the heart of the British empire (Starting point TBC). We will come across some familiar faces and stories in the form of commemorative statues, plaques and buildings, and consider how each individual site is connected to the other, and why it’s important these sites exist..
.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - Ways into poetry
Course start date: Mon 15 Sep 2025 (and 7 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cecilia KnappRelatively new to writing poetry? This inspiring course offers an opportunity to experiment with language and a variety of poetic devices alongside fellow emerging poets. Discover the key elements of a poem in a friendly and interactive class.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £125.00 - Introduction to Global Literature Course start date: Sat 20 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rebecca JonesAre you curious about reading literature from across the world? Would you like to encounter some of the world’s finest literary works, reading across cultures and national borders, and in translation? This in-college session will give you a flavour of what it’s like to study and explore what global literature is, reading excerpts from major works.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00 - Chinese Character, The Balance of LifeCourse start date: Sat 11 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Xiaolan BiGet to know Chinese characters, beginning with the ancient ‘oracle bone script’, and understand their basics while exploring their roots in nature and tranquility.
This session is part of the 2024 Mental Wealth Festival hosted by City Lit and partners.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00 - Spanish 3: Samaín en España: celebraciones y legado culturalCourse start date: Sat 25 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vanesa GuzmanGet into the automnal mood with this course that will teach you all about Spanish Samhain festivities, and the rituals and legends associated with them.
This will be an workshop taught in Spanish where you will be encouraged to share your experience, discuss and ask questions. You should have a lower-intermediate level of the language
(at least an B1 level, i.e at least Spanish 3).Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £25.00 - Spanish 2/3 Grammar through art - ¿Ser o estar? Course start date: Sat 8 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anna Riera Mora¿Ser o estar? ¿Cual es la diferencia? Come and practice the different uses of the verbs Ser and Estar through the exploration of major Spanish artwork.
Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00 - French 2 upper: focus on listening and speakingCourse start date: Sat 15 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie JézéquelThis skills-based course is for lower intermediate learners of French and aims to train you on strategies you can apply to listen more effectively to spoken French in a variety of different contexts. You will also look at elements of French pronunciation to give you a better idea of how French is spoken.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - French 3: focus on listening and speakingCourse start date: Sat 15 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie JézéquelThis skills-based course is for intermediate learners of French and aims to train you on strategies you can apply to listen more effectively to spoken French in a variety of different contexts. You will also look at elements of French pronunciation to give you a better idea of how French is spoken.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - French 2 upper: focus on the passé composéCourse start date: Sat 15 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Isabelle FontanCome and consolidate your knowledge of the passé composé tense through interactive activities. Taught in French.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00 - Japanese calligraphy: Shodo part 2 / develop your skills with peaceful mindCourse start date: Sat 22 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chikako NakagawaCome and experience the calming effect of writing Japanese with a brush on a large scale. Shodo is an aesthetic and
artistic calligraphy skill used to write the Japanese language. You need to have basic knowledge of the Japanese writing system, ideally after done the course Shodo part 1
Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - Chinese: writing for beginners Course start date: Sat 22 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ting PoonLearn the basics of Chinese characters on this lively classroom-based course in the heart of London. This interactive workshop provides plenty of opportunity to practise yourself, and is suitable for complete beginners.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - Pan-Africanism: A Historical Perspective Course start date: Sat 29 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Discover the origins, evolutions, and legacies of perhaps the most consequential political movement of the modern age. Credited with ending slavery, stifling colonialism, and securing independence and civil rights, Pan-Africanism remains an important political phenomenon. Tutor: Apeike Omolu.
Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00 - Japanese through OrigamiCourse start date: Sat 29 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rie Tsuruta-BarrattCome and learn origami, the Japanese art of folding paper into a sculpture without using glue or scissors.
Origami allows you to create your own piece of art anytime, anywhere even in a busy schedule. Ideal if you want to create personalised cards for Christmas.
This is a relaxing Saturday morning course, so time to be hands on! The instructions will be given in Japanese and English.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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