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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. Indigenous Australia: the beginnings of the Western Desert art movement
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Arjmand Aziz
    Explore the beginnings of Western Desert painting in 1970s Australia by focussing closely on the cosmopolitan and intercultural worlds of the Indigenous Australian artists at its heart.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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  2. Irish history and identity 5: American and European Influences in the Modern Era
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Colm Hickey
    Although inextricably linked to Britain, Ireland’s history, identity, and nationhood has equally been shaped by its relationship with Europe. This course traces Ireland’s the influence of European and American



    politics.
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
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  3. French 3 lower at a gentle pace: module 3
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Yolande Mallet De Chauny
    Do you want to continue learning French but worried that you might not be able to keep up? Our French at a gentle pace courses are designed to cover the same material as our standard French courses, but at a slightly slower pace, and with more opportunities for revision built in.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  4. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  5. Ways into abstract painting
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Henry Gibbons Guy
    Encounter different approaches to making abstract paintings while developing your skills in using a range of painting materials. With reference to the work of a variety of abstract artists explore the visual language common to both representation and abstraction, eg. colour, composition, tone and paint application.
    Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00
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  6. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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  7. Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
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  8. Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00
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  9. Gender, Intersectionality and Women’s studies
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Michele Scott
    Come along with us as we explore and examine new and emerging debates around queer studies, post-feminism and the feminist backlash.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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  10. Women writing and walking: Virginia Woolf, Nan Shepherd, Rebecca Solnit, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sophie Oxenham
    This in-person Literature course considers the relationship between walking and writing in four innovative works of literary non-fiction: Virginia Woolf’s essay ‘Street Haunting’ (1927), Nan Shepherd’s ‘The Living Mountain’ (written c. 1945, first pub. 1977), Rebecca Solnit’s ‘A Field Guide to Getting Lost’ (2006), and Elizabeth-Jane Burnett’s ‘The Grassling’ (2019).
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
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  11. Spanish 4: lengua y cultura
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Pilar Villanueva Martinez
    Ideal si has completado 'Spanish 3 upper' o 'Spanish 3 upper consolidation' o has estudiado español unos cinco años y quieres consolidar tu conocimiento de la lengua y cultura del mundo hispanohablante antes de continuar al nivel 5. Este curso es para aquellos estudiantes que han estudiado unos cinco años de español y desean obtener un conocimiento más profundo de la lengua y cultura del mundo hispanohablante.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  12. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00
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  13. Italian 2 lower: module 1
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 27 Sep 2025 (and 5 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Silvana Vistola
    Continue consolidating your Italian and find yourself speaking with increasing confidence on this communicative course for students who have studied Italian for year and are now starting their second year. The emphasis is on developing your oral skills. Suitable if you have completed 'Italian beginners' or have an equivalent level (about a year of part-time study). Based on Nuovo Espresso 2 (Alma Edizioni, Italian version).
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  14. Neo-Latin: module 3
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Mary Ruskin
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    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  15. Classical ballet: improvers 1
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Thu 8 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Alexander Simpkins
    Suitable for those who have completed at least one year of ballet classes or an improvers or equivalent elsewherere, and can demonstrate a confident use of classical technique. You will strengthen your classical ballet technique using barre, centre work and allegro exercises. These ballet classes are faster paced and will include more intricate combinations.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00
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