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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. Spectacles of the Ancient world
    Course start date:  Thu 22 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Michael Bloomfield
    This course explores some of the most elaborate and powerful displays of the Graeco-Roman world. Designed to entertain, inform, and elicit support, often at times of great political or religious significance, they were unforgettable, and have long exercised an influence on our own understanding of the nature of power.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00
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  2. 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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  3. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  4. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  5. Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £118.00
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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. Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00
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  8. Taste of Japan
    Evening
    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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  9. Charleston intensive
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 19 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Rosaria Sativa
    Build a foundation of basic dance skills on this fun intensive which will have you dancing the energetic Charleston. You will be dancing to original jazz music from the 1920s and 30s as well different music styles to show that you can dance the Charleston to almost any beat.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
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  10. Beyond the Standard Model:  supersymmetry in physics
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 26 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gary Retallick

    Could Supersymmetry help to solve some of the mysteries of physics? Why do we even need to think about symmetry when doing physics? We will seek answers in the realm of squarks and sleptons.

    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  11. London at Leisure: Three Great Squares
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Eleanor Jackson
    Too often we rush around without looking, this course takes time to examine 3 of London’s most famous Squares in depth. A gentle walk allows us to explore these London landmarks at our leisure.
    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £71.00 Concession £58.00
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  12. The holistic voice
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 20 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Kate Montague
    Your voice should be an extension of your character. This Saturday workshop offers accessible and empowering mind-body techniques to deepen your awareness and connection to your voice so that the message you give out is true to your intention.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
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  13. Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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  14. 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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  15. The Hindu Temple: an introduction
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 4 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Arjmand Aziz

    Discover more about the development, history and sacred geometry of the Hindu temple in this weekend course which includes a guided visit to a local temple.

    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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