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- Interactions between the Mediterranean world and Anglo-Saxon EnglandCourse start date: Fri 5 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Stephen Pollington.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00 - Friday lates: Artemisia Gentileschi: power, identity and ambition in painting
Course start date: Fri 5 Dec 2025Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Elisa StafferiniExplore the life and work of Artemisia Gentileschi, a leading Baroque painter whose bold depictions of women and artistic self-fashioning challenged expectations. This session examines her major works, self-portraits and legacy within the context of seventeenth-century art and society.
Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - Drawing and mindfulness: releasing the judging mind Course start date: Sat 6 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Clare Barton-HarveyExplore a range of perspectives and practical exercises for letting-go of the limiting effects of the judging mind, whilst connecting to drawing in refreshing and inspiring ways. The ideas and mindfulness skills are transferrable to all creative disciplines.
Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - Literature taster Course start date: Sat 6 Dec 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Patricia SweeneyDo you want to explore how to go about understanding a poem? How to do a close reading of a work of fiction? Come and find out what makes a literature class at City Lit so special.
The course also presents an overview of our upcoming literature offering in fiction, poetry, drama and literary non-fiction.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - How to get an agent Course start date: Sat 6 Dec 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosie ChardThis intensive workshop offers students insider, need-to-know information on securing a literary agent.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - A taste of philosophy Course start date: Sat 6 Dec 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Karl WhiteHave you ever wondered what philosophy is? What do philosophers talk about? Can they tell you the meaning of life or is it just jargon and navel gazing? Come along and find out.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - Studying Film: A TasterCourse start date: Sun 7 Dec 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jon WisbeyThis taster of forthcoming film courses at City Lit in 2026 offers you the chance to think about which ones to take while also providing an opportunity to explore some of the key areas in film studies more generally.
Learn how to evaluate and discuss films while enjoying a working example of a City Lit film studies class.
We will view clips from a wide variety of films, exploring themes and technique in British, European and modern American cinema. There will be a chance to review term two film courses at City Lit (January - July 2026).Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - Art and creative thinking with Rod Judkins Course start date: Sun 7 Dec 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rod JudkinsArt is fundamentally about communicating ideas. If the idea is strong, the work of art is memorable.
This exciting, one day workshop, led by Rod Judkins (artist, tutor and author of ‘The art of Creative thinking’ and ‘Ideas are your only currency’) will explore methods to create ideas and concepts and combine them with the process of making. You will receive a signed copy of Art and Creative Thinking when you attend this course.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - Lamp-lit Hampstead Course start date: Sun 7 Dec 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Marilyn GreeneDiscover the mysterious atmosphere to Hampstead on a tour after-dark where the streets are lit by old-fashioned lamps. We will wind through the narrow back streets and catch glimpses of its fascinating history from the glow of lamps and lit buildings. This tour is particularly stunning over the Festive season where subtle Christmas lights add to the effect. We will end at the historic Holly Bush Tavern where we can warm up with a drink!
Tour starts outside Wagamama 58-62 Heath Street, NW3 1EN Ends Hampstead Tube Station.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00 - Brazilian Portuguese 5: tasterCourse start date: Mon 8 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Christina BaumCome and discover what an advanced Brazilian Portuguese class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied Brazilian Portuguese for about 5 years recently.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Picture book writing: a taster Course start date: Mon 8 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Andrew WealeFind out more about writing a picture book text in this practical and interactive, short taster session.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Write a short story in a week Course start date: Mon 8 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah LeipcigerTurn your great idea into a short story on this fun practical course. Through a series of inspiring exercises, you'll be introduced to some key fiction writing techniques and encouraged to draft a short story from beginning to end. Suitable for beginners who are comfortable learning at a fast pace.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £65.00 - Italian tasterCourse start date: Tue 9 Dec 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Maria FontanaGet a flavour of this beautiful language and begin to discover how it works. Learn some useful phrases and pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners and a chance to decide if learning Italian is something you might like to take further.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Spanish 3 upper tasterCourse start date: Tue 9 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Amaia IbargüenCome and discover what an intermediate Spanish class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied Spanish for about 4/5 years recently.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Spanish beginners: taster Course start date: Tue 9 Dec 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Amaia IbargüenGet a flavour of a new language and its basic sentence structure in this lively taster course. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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