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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. French pronunciation through songs
    Course start date:  Fri 23 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Estelle Hélouin
    Whether you are a shower singer, an experienced singer or just like listening to songs in French, this course is for anyone who would like to improve their French pronunciation while enjoying beautiful songs from different French speaking countries.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £45.00
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  2. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  4. Understanding human rights in the headlines – crash course in human rights to read the news with confidence
    Course start date:  Mon 7 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Joshua Hepple

    This course will give you an introduction to the relevant sections of human rights law which will help you think critically and intelligently on what the you see in the news about human rights.

    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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  5. Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00
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  6. Gender, Desire and the Body in Poetry
    Course start date:  Tue 8 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Ranging from sixteenth century love sonnets via bawdy Restoration verse to a Victorian eroticised poetic narrative, this course examines how the language of love and desire, and the poetic representations of gendered bodies, provide an idiom that can be used to express both conservative and more subversive cultural ideas.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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  7. Gentle and Restorative Yoga
    Course start date:  Thu 10 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Madlyn Ray-Jones

    Would you like to relax your mind and body, improve wellbeing and develop a calm and focused awareness? Learn the relaxing practice of restorative yoga combined with gentle breath work and mindfulness meditation.

    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00
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  9. Taste of Japan
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    Course start date:  Tue 15 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Chikako Nakagawa
    From street food to monks' food, come and explore the richness of regional Japanese cuisine across the seasons in this exciting workshop.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00
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  10. Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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  11. Shakespeare's Women: Hamlet, Macbeth and As You Like It
    Course start date:  Thu 2 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sophie Oxenham
    This Literature course will look at three of Shakespeare’s female characters: Rosalind (As You Like It), Ophelia (Hamlet) and Lady Macbeth (Macbeth). We will consider their wit, madness and ambition, exploring Shakespeare’s language, the historical context, and the plays in performance.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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  12. Big Band: from 1920s Chicago to London 2000s
    Course start date:  Mon 3 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Albi Gravener
    We will explore the history and evolution of the big band and large ensemble in jazz throughout the 20th century.
    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £71.00 Concession £62.00
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  13. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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