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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. Philosophy and the meaning of life
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Karl White

    Some philosophers have insisted that philosophy should explain the meaning of our existence. What does it mean for us to be? And how then should we live? This course examines some seriously philosophical answers.
     

    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00
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  2. The Courtauld: an introduction
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Julie Barlow
    The Courtauld collection includes paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture and decorative arts, ranging from the medieval period to the present day. This two-part course is an opportunity to explore an outstanding collection which includes one of the richest holdings of early Italian art in Britain alongside Impressionist and Post-Impressionist gems such as Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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  3. Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £359.00 Concession £292.00
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  4. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00
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  5. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £90.00
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  6. Using your voice for audio books and talking newspapers
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  David Thorpe
    Would you like to narrate audio books? Are you interested in community work such as talking newspapers for the blind? Explore vocal skills and techniques required in these areas and identify what style works for you. This course will be delivered in the college.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00
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  7. Japanese philosophy
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  John Goff
    Japanese philosophy extends well beyond Zen, with several philosophical traditions including that of the modern Kyoto School. Developing distinct cultural, aesthetic and political concepts, Japanese philosophers offer a rich field of thought.
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00
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  8. Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
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  9. Painting: oil techniques and mediums
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sisetta Zappone
    Oil paint is a medium with a long historical tradition, capable of heavy impasto effects and delicate transparent colour films. Working practically, in the studio, this course will expand your understanding of approaches to building a variety of surfaces in your paint working with mediums and expanding your use of texture and glazing This course is for all levels – both beginners and more experienced painters.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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  10. Full fee £549.00 Senior fee £439.00 Concession £357.00
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  11. A Very British History of Migration
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Siobhan McGuirk
    Taking a critical historical approach, this course with Dr. McGuirk charts how migration has shaped British politics, law, culture and society – and helped transform popular ideas about what it means to be British today.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  12. Poetry from the Edge
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Laurie Smith
    Some poets began their writing lives, and sometimes lived much of them, outside the 'normal' modern urban lives which most of us experience. They have lived at the margins and despite - or perhaps because of - their geographic, political or emotional isolation, they have become major poets. We will look at how each has achieved national and international success with their poetry. Poets include C P Cavafy, Stevie Smith, Derek Walcott, Seamus Heaney and Bob Dylan.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  13. Printmaking into bookbinding
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Claire Hynds
    Explore the three dimensional possibilities of print. This course will encourage you to develop your initial ideas through experiments with printmaking techniques and bookbinding structures to create an artist’s book. Some printmaking and/or bookbinding experience may be beneficial but not essential.
    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00
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  14. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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  15. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00
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