- Art history taster
Course start date: Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 8 other dates)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayCurious about art history? Join us for this taster session where we explore different ways into visual art and its histories from the ancient to the contemporary.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - In Conversation with Hallie Rubenhold Course start date: Wed 14 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Join us at City Lit for an event with Hallie Rubenhold to celebrate her new book, Story of a Murder: The Wives, The Mistress and Dr Crippen. Hosted by City Lit Principal Mark Malcomson CBE, the conversation will focus on Hallie's feminist retelling of the infamous true-crime story of Dr Crippen. The event includes an audience Q&A, followed by a drinks reception and book signing.
Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Environmental justice keynote – by Amnesty International UK Rapid Response Campaigner Elaine van der SchaftCourse start date: Wed 14 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Opening the day, Amnesty UK’s Amnesty UK’s Rapid Response Campaigner Elaine van der Schaft will give the keynote talk focused on working with communities in the Niger Delta who are seeking justice in the UK for Shell's human rights abuses. The talk will take place from 10.30am to 12 noon, in the Cultureplex.Full fee £0.00 - A taste of economics with Vince Cable: politicians who changed the narrative on economicsCourse start date: Wed 14 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Join Dr Vince Cable, former minister and party leader of the Liberal Democrats, for a session on a brief overview of politicians who changed the global narrative on economics.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - The philosophy of raceCourse start date: Tue 3 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ovett NwosimiriThis course session touches upon the philosophical foundations of race, engaging with historical and contemporary debates on racial identity, racism, and justic
Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £8.00 Concession £7.00 - Van Eyck and the Pre-RaphaelitesCourse start date: Wed 25 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Emma Rose BarberExplore the work of Van Eyck in relation to Holman Hunt and the Pre-Raphaelites more generally; consider how this 15th century painter influenced artists some 300 years later.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - Literature taster: poetryCourse start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sophie OxenhamCurious about reading poetry? Join us for this taster session to boost your confidence and whet your appetite for further learning and exploration!
Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - The Healing Power of Dionysian celebrationsCourse start date: Wed 8 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Maria ContosNietzsche in his book ‘The death of tragedy’ claims that by not experiencing Dionysian festivals in the modern world, we have lost the capacity to truly affirm life.
This session is part of the 2024 Mental Wealth Festival hosted by City Lit and partners.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £19.00 - Celebrate through singing Welsh songsCourse start date: Wed 8 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Clare WhiteheadEnergise yourself singing and connecting with others in the Welsh language. You do not need to speak Welsh.
This session is part of the 2024 Mental Wealth Festival hosted by City Lit and partners.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £19.00 - Welsh singing Christmas carolsCourse start date: Wed 3 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Clare WhiteheadLove singing at Christmas? Join this workshop to learn and sing Welsh Christmas carols.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £19.00 - Italian film nightCourse start date: Wed 10 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Francesco BucciolWith proceeds going to the City Lit Student Bursary, the Italian Film Night is a chance to round out the term with a fun movie night in the college. The film will be presented by Francesco Bucciol, head of the Classics department and our Italian GCSE and A Level tutor. Francesco will also lead a discussion after the film.
For this term's Italian film night, we will be showing and discussing excerpts from a classic (perhaps THE classic) Italian film, La Dolce Vita.Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00
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