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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. British Literature of the 1930s: Brits Abroad
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Lewis Ward
    On this in-college literature course we will explore what some of the most significant British authors of the period did and thought on their travels, real and imagined, in the decade leading up to World War II. Authors include Graham Greene, Christopher Isherwood, Jean Rhys and George Orwell.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
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  2. Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £76.00
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  3. Cultureplex Ciné-Club: women directors and their wonderlands
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 24 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Katie Goss
    Come and join us at the Cultureplex Ciné-Club: Women directors and their Wonderlands, where you will have the opportunity to view and discuss the work of innovative female filmmakers whose work generates dazzling visions of alternative modes of living and spectatorship. A development from our existing Cultureplex Ciné-Club courses and taking its cue from the famous Parisian Ciné-club set up by the celebrated critic and writer, André Bazin, this incarnation of the film club will allow for the viewing of a different film each week, followed by detailed discussion and debate. The film will be introduced, and placed in both its cinematic, cultural and historic context. In sharing our viewing in City Lit’s premier screening room, the Cultureplex, we will approximate the experience of watching film in the cinema, one that is intense and fully focussed in a way that other modes of viewing often are not. After the screening we will devote the rest of the class to a collective exploration of the film, led by the tutor, but involving everyone in a participatory discussion that will allow all to express their responses, their views, their thoughts on the film screened.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00
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  4. Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  5. Film and Philosophy: Thinking through Cinema
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Is The Matrix a science-fiction movie starring Keanu Reeves, or the most influential work of philosophy of the last fifty years? Who is more nihilistic, Humphrey Bogart or Frederic Nietszche? In this course, we will examine the relationship between film and philosophy, engaging with current debates in film theory and in wider society. We will consider whether it is appropriate to label film as a form of philosophy, how film acts as philosophy, and the ways in which our experiences of watching film helps up to think through ideas about the human experience that have received attention amongst centuries of philosophical literature. Is film merely entertainment, or is it our most important form of philosophy?
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
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  6. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00
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  7. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £162.00
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  8. Storytelling for business and pleasure 1
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ariella Eshed
    All cultures respect the world of Story. The ability to tell Stories, in a variety of settings, is a skill that has seen a strong resurgence both in the workplace and in contemporary performance. Gain greater confidence in your communication skills and apply this to your wider experience. This course will be delivered in the college.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00
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  9. Poetry of the Troubles: Seamus Heaney and his Contemporaries
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 3 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Lewis Ward
    On this in-college literature course we will read Seamus Heaney’s North (1975), his first collection to deal explicitly with the Troubles in Northern Ireland, alongside poems on the same theme by contemporaries including Michael Longley, Seamus Deane and Derek Mahon.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  10. Physics: from particles to the universe and beyond
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 6 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gary Retallick
    Explore fundamental aspects of physics such as the nature of light, matter and energy and the physical laws governing our universe. Learn about the revolutionary discoveries of the world around us.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
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  11. Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £359.00 Concession £292.00
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  12. An introduction to art history
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 8 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Thomas Balfe
    Art history is much more than decoding secrets and symbols. It is about critical thinking and empathy, understanding how an artwork reflects an artist’s interpretation of their world, and what it says to you about our world now. This course is designed to build your confidence in understanding visual art of the Western tradition. It is designed for both the absolute beginner and those with some existing art historical knowledge.
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00
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  13. Introduction to using a Sketchbook
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 10 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    A sketchbook is a great place to try things out, make mistakes and take risks - all in the nature of experimentation. An introduction to exploring creative mixed-media, drawing and mark-making techniques with confidence which can build personal ideas for further development.



    Suitable for beginners as well as those with some previous drawing experience who would like to start using a sketchbook.
    Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00
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  14. Introduction to beaded jewellery
    Course start date:  Fri 17 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Beverley Sell

    Fancy trying your hand at beaded jewellery making? Learn how to work with beads, wire, thread and findings to create beautiful beaded necklaces, bracelets, earrings and tiara designs. Join our introductory course for all levels to discover where to find the best beads, how to knot with thread, manipulate and twist wire and learn how to finish your work using clasps.

    Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00
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  15. The Contemporary Global Novel
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 7 Nov 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Rebecca Jones
    Are you curious about reading contemporary global literature? Would you like to understand what we mean by the ‘global novel’, reading across cultures and national borders? This in-college course will introduce you to the study of global literature through reading three brilliant 21st century global novels: Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West, Rana Dasgupta’s Tokyo Cancelled and Julie Otsuka’s Buddha in the Attic.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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