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City Lit is a leading provider of adult education in London and all over the UK. It's the perfect place to learn something new, gain new skills, and build your confidence. From mastering new languages and honing creative skills to advancing your career with professional development courses. Whatever your passion or goal, our diverse curriculum has the perfect course to inspire your next step.

 

 

 

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  1. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  2. T-shirt screen printing in a day
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 19 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Adam Hogarth
    Cyanotype is a photographic printing process which produces a beautiful deep blue print from a variety of artwork, including drawings, photographs, physical objects or combinations of all of these. All levels welcome.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £139.00
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  3. From mythical heroines to the emperor's subjects: epistolography in the Roman Empire
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 2 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Nikoletta Manioti
    Find out more about epistolography (letter writing) as a literary genre in the Roman world.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  4. Great works: Mendelssohn's Octet
    Course start date:  Tue 2 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Katy Hamilton
    Study the history and form of this famous work in a short, enjoyable music history class.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  5. Great musicians: Berio and Berberian
    Course start date:  Tue 2 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Trish Shaw
    Composer Luciano Berio and singer-composer Cathy Berberian were the power couple of contemporary music in the 1950s and 1960s, collaborating to discover new sounds and musical techniques and structures in works from Tema: Omaggio a Joyce and Sequenza III to Stripsody.
    Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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  6. Welsh singing Christmas carols
    Course start date:  Wed 3 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Clare Whitehead
    Love singing at Christmas? Join this workshop to learn and sing Welsh Christmas carols.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £19.00
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  7. Spanish Quiz/game night: level B1-B2
    Course start date:  Thu 4 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Amaia Ibargüen
    Come and join us in this fun Spanish night! Do you like pub quizzes? Do you want to put into practice your knowledge of Spanish grammar, vocabulary, culture, and music while having fun in the process? Then you are in the right place!
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  8. Spanish Quiz/game night: level A1-A2
    Course start date:  Thu 4 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Adriana Itriago Gavidia
    Come and join us in this fun Spanish night! Do you like pub quizzes? Do you want to put into practice your knowledge of Spanish grammar, vocabulary, culture, and music while having fun in the process? Then you are in the right place!
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  9. German Christmas carols
    Course start date:  Thu 4 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gisela Meyer
    Do you love singing at Christmas? Join this workshop to learn and sing German Christmas carols.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £19.00
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  10. Full fee £459.00 Senior fee £459.00 Concession £459.00
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  11. Interactions between the Mediterranean world and Anglo-Saxon England
    Course start date:  Fri 5 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Stephen Pollington
    This talk will explore some of the connections which maintained the Anglo-Saxons' feeling that Rome was part of their heritage.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £19.00
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  12. Ballet Christmas intensive: Nutcracker
    Course start date:  Mon 8 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Dilek Taptik
    In perfect sync with the season and an all-time Christmas favourite ballet we offer this fun 3-day intensive exploring the repertoire of the ‘Nutcracker’. You will explore some of the Nutcracker characters and dance sequences and have an opportuity to perform all learned material on the final day. To beneift from this course you should have attended regular ballet classes for at least 6 to 12 months.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £69.00
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  13. Great works: Bach's Christmas Oratorio
    Course start date:  Mon 8 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Edward Breen
    Discover Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. Learn about the forms of this work and the history behind the first performances.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  14. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £65.00
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