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- Literature Taster: Poetry
Course start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sophie OxenhamCurious about studying poetry? Join us for this taster session to boost your confidence and whet your appetite for further study!Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £7.00 - German 2: revive your GermanCourse start date: Sat 18 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Barbara PölletLearn German in the heart of London. Did you study German some time ago? This is the ideal course if you have studied German for at least 1 year (3 hours/ week ) or 2 years (1.5 hours /week) recently or want to pick up studying German again.This course is also suitable as a revison course.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00 - Welsh beginners taster Course start date: Sat 18 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Macsen BrownCome and discover Welsh on this lively in-person taster.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - An introduction to poetry: Robert Lowell and Stevie SmithCourse start date: Sat 18 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laurie SmithCome and join an introduction and exploration of the poetry of Robert Lowell and Stevie Smith. We will read, discuss and enjoy a selection of their poetry and consider how the poets shape our responses.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00 - Tai Chi Chuan-Wu style: Beginners taster workshop Course start date: Tue 21 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Neville CoteThis ten week course provides an introduction to Wu Style Tai Chi Chuan as practiced by the Wu family, from its origins in the Forbidden City of Ching dynasty China to this day. It will enable you to build the foundations of what is for some a lifetime of practice and begin to experience the many benefits that this practice brings.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Return to German (intermediate)Course start date: Thu 23 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Heiner SchenkeLearn German in the heart of London. Come and improve your upper-intermediate German. Suitable if you have studied the language for four years (1.5 hours per week) or 2 years (3 hours per week). Based on Aspekte NEU B1+, 1. Teil.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - The European Revolutions of 1848 Course start date: Sat 1 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rudolf MuhsIn 1848 much of Europe, from Sicily to Denmark, from France to Poland, was convulsed by a wave of upheavals challenging the territorial, national, constitutional and social status quo in search of a new order.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00 - Spanish 3: one season, one painting: invierno Course start date: Sat 1 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anna Riera MoraEn estos talleres dedicados a las cuatro estaciones vamos a activar nuestros sentidos: vista, oido, olfato y gusto. Ven a practicar tu español mientras intercambiamos las sugestiones, impresiones y sentimientos que nos evoca una musica, un color o una pintura.
Ideal for students who have done 3 or 4 years of Spanish, and are looking to practise more talking and listening skills, as well as develop their knowledge of art.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £19.00 - The influence of Greek on the English languageCourse start date: Fri 7 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Maria ContosDid you know that the Oxford companion to the English language states that more than 150,000 words of English are derived from Greek, which is considered to have the richest vocabulary in the world?
Join this lively classroom based in the heart of London workshop where you will be introduced to how Ancient Greek influenced the vocabulary of the English language.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Chi Kung for balance and relaxation Course start date: Sun 9 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Heike ClarkeWould you like to add some stillness to your existing chi kung practice?
In this weekly course we will follow the support cycle of the five elements earth, metal, water, wood and fire. With a focus on earth and metal. We will slow down and connect to stillness, become more grounded, centred and relaxed, get a better energy flow and become more aware of ourselves, others and our surroundings. We will also do some standing and sitting meditation.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - Yoga for Immune Support Course start date: Sat 15 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Biljana CacicThis specially designed sequence of restorative poses aims to strengthen the immune system. It is also beneficial for people who recovered from a virus, as it works on the respiratory, lymphatic and circulatory systems.
.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - Religions of the Silk Road: an introduction to ManichaeismCourse start date: Sat 22 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Edgar Ter-DanielyanManichaeism was a syncretic dualistic religion founded by the prophet Mani in the 3rd century CE, combining elements of Zoroastrianism and Christianity, which emphasised the cosmic struggle between the forces of light and darkness. We will discuss the central doctrines of Manichaeism, its history and its interaction with Christian theology, with particular reference to its spread via the Silk Route.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - The Amazon Rubber Boom and Bust Course start date: Sat 22 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sandra CarvalhoJoin us on a Saturday of discovery about a transformative period in the history of the Brazilian Amazon.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00 - Spanish 2/3 Grammar through art - ¿Ser o estar? Course start date: Sat 22 Feb 2025
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 - US controversies: McCarthyism and the Red Scare Course start date: Sat 1 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Brian KennedyThe years from 1950 to 1954 are often depicted as a time when there was witch hunt for secret communists in the United States. We will study the events of those years, while also placing them in broader context.
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