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Whether you’re interested in a one-off talk or taster class, a short course over a few weeks, or a year-long programme. You'll find a course to suit your schedule and goals.

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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 £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  2. Improve your speaking voice
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 21 Jun 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jonny Black
    This course is ideal if you seek greater clarity and confidence in how you communicate. Through a series of exercises and drills, you will learn how to improve your speaking voice.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £104.00
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  3. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  4. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00
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  5. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  6. Introduction to criminology: thinking about crime and justice
    Course start date:  Thu 26 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Michele Scott
    Join our journey, examining sociological and criminological perspectives of crime, deviance and



    the criminal justice system and how these how these have premeditated



    everyday views of crime and criminality.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00
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  7. Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  8. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  9. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  10. Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00
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  11. Christopher and his Kind: Christopher Isherwood in Berlin
    Course start date:  Fri 27 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jake Poller
    The experience of living in Berlin in the early 1930s had a transformative effect on the life and work of Christopher Isherwood. In this course, we will discuss Isherwood’s masterpiece, Goodbye to Berlin (1939), and his autobiography Christopher and His Kind (1976), which reveals the real people behind the characters of Sally Bowles and Otto Nowak, and shines a light on the queer culture of Berlin Isherwood was unable to write about in the 1930s.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  12. Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  13. Science Friday Lates with Radmila Topalovic: Going back to the Moon: NASA's Artemis mission
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 27 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Radmila Topalovic
    In this interactive session we will discuss past, present and future missions to the Moon, in particular NASA’s Artemis mission and the plan to send people back to the Moon.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  14. Elena Ferrante
    Course start date:  Fri 27 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Elena Ferrante is the author of the Neapolitan novel series, whose global success has established her as one of the most powerful voices of contemporary world literature. Her identity, however, is still one of the greatest mysteries in modern literature. In this workshop we will explore why the novels have attracted such interest and passion and we will look at the various hypotheses advanced in the Italian and foreign press as to her real identity.
     

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  15. Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00
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