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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. US history for beginners
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Dafydd Townley
    This online course offers a brief examination of, and introduction to, the political, economic, social and cultural aspects of the United States, 1608 - 2001.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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  2. Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £118.00
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  3. Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £80.00
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  4. 'Foreign films': European cinema from the fifties
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  John Wischmeyer
    They were called ‘foreign films’ in the fifties, the first films to emerge from Europe and further to a wider British and American audience: Bicycle Thieves (1948 Vittorio De Sica) Rashomon (1950 Akira Kurosawa), Pather Panchali (1955 Satyajit Ray), Seven Samurai (1954 Akira Kurosawa), The Seventh Seal (1957 Ingmar Bergman), Plein Soleil (1960 Rene Clement). They played at The Academy Oxford Street or The Everyman Hampstead. Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you discover a whole world of amazing films. Too many filmgoers are scared off by the notion of international cinema. In cultural shorthand, ‘foreign film’ was a euphemism for snootiness, a stereotype that kept audiences from experiencing some of the greatest movies ever made. Once you open yourself up to them you’ll find there’s nothing to be intimidated by.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00
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  5. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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  6. Printmaking studio: focus on colour
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Kath Castillo
    A course for intermediate and experienced printmakers wanting to build on previous experience and experiment with process to consolidate and hone technical skills. The focus is on colour application, advanced intaglio processes, realising personal projects and the production of high quality prints.
    Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00
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  7. Representing nature in early modern Europe
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Thomas Balfe
    Explore the links between the visual image and ideas of nature in early modernity (c.1500-1750). At this time, tools like the microscope were visualising nature in new ways, changes were afoot in how humans related to animals, and the environments of Asia and the Americas were becoming more familiar to Europeans. We will focus on how artists and skilled artisans engaged with these subjects.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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  8. Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £69.00
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  9. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £65.00
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  10. First Novels Revisited: Amis, McEwan, Barnes, Ishiguro
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Lewis Ward
    Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro are household names of contemporary British fiction. But how did their careers begin in the 1970s and 1980s? And how do their early efforts stand up today?
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £110.00
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  11. Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00
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  12. Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00
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  13. Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00
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  14. Exploring American cinema
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 30 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jon Wisbey
    American, or 'Hollywood' cinema, remains the dominant form of popular film and filmmaking, seen and enjoyed by millions of cinemagoers around the world. Explore its history, from the earliest days of the industry to its 'golden age' and its contemporary incarnation in popular culture, and the ways in which it has continually transformed itself in order to retain its position as the popular cinema.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00
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  15. Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £76.00
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