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  1. City Lit reading group 1
    Course start date:  Fri 19 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Kate Wilkinson
    Share thoughts and ideas about what you are reading, with books chosen by the group. Please come to the first session on Friday 29 September with suggestions (contemporary fiction in paperback) and having read 'Story of the Forest' by Linda Grant. Meetings take place on 19/9, 24/10, 28/11, 30/1, 27/2, 27/3, 1/5, 29/5, 26/6.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  2. Philosophy and literature: Identity, Truth and the Poetic Word
    Course start date:  Fri 19 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Barrie Selwyn
    Literature provides a very effective springboard into the understanding of the developing notions of selfhood and human nature in the history of ideas and philosophy sharpens our understanding of literature within the broader context of this history.
    Full fee £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £201.00
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  3. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  4. Chess for pre-intermediates: develop your game
    Course start date:  Fri 19 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  David Rowson
    This course is for people who are familiar with the basics of chess and are beginning to develop their understanding of the game, but who need help and practice navigating its rich complexity. It is suitable for those who already have the skills listed in section 4 below, but who may not have done a chess course before. It is also an ideal follow-on course for those who have completed City Lit’s Chess for Improvers courses, but who feel they need more practice before moving on to our intermediate level courses.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
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  5. Full fee £419.00 Senior fee £335.00 Concession £272.00
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  6. Chi Kung five elements: moving from the centre: all levels
    Course start date:  Wed 30 Apr 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Heike Clarke
    Would you like to add some stillness to your existing chi kung practice?



    In this weekly course we will follow the support cycle of the five elements earth, metal, water, wood and fire. With a focus on earth and metal. We will slow down and connect to stillness, become more grounded, centred and relaxed, get a better energy flow and become more aware of ourselves, others and our surroundings. We will also do some standing and sitting meditation.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00
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  7. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00
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  8. Global History Friday Late: From Feudal Isolation to a Modern Nation-State: an introduction to Japan’s Meiji Restoration period (1868 – 1889)
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    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Dale Mineshima-Lowe

    Join Dr. Dale Mineshima-Lowe for a brief introductory history of Japan’s Meiji Restoration period (1868-1889) - an important turning point that helped to shape modern Japan. 

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  9. Nutrition to improve mood, energy and mental health
    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Ellie Holly
    Eating for a happy mind: how food can influence your mood and energy levels, which foods will enhance brain function, energy levels and positive thought and which will do the opposite!
    Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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  10. City Lit reading group 2
    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Patricia Sweeney
    Share thoughts and ideas about what you are reading, with books chosen by the group. Please come to the first session with suggestions (contemporary literary fiction in paperback) and having read 'Absolutely and Forever' by Rose Tremain. Monthly meetings take place on 26/9, 31/10, 5/12, 23/1, 20/2, 20/3, 8/5, 5/6, 3/7.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  11. The art and culture of 17th century London
    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Julie Barlow
    Discover the 17th century: a time of upheaval in Europe, intercontinental trade, religious schisms and a wide range of artistic styles. See its art, architecture and design in London’s galleries and museums. #arthistory #explorelondon #walkingtour.
    Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00
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  12. Nineteenth Century American Literary Classics
    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Richard Niland
    This class explores the wonderful world of 19th century American literature, reading classic texts to broaden knowledge of literary history through a range of influential novels, stories, and poems. Among the writers considered in their literary, political, and cultural contexts will be Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Herman Melville, Mark Twain and Kate Chopin.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  13. Friday lates: the art of satire - Brueghel and Hogarth
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sarah Jaffray
    Why laugh in a time turmoil? Explore how artists Pieter Brueghel the Elder and William Hogarth reflected on the hypocrisy of their times with scathing satire. Reflect on how studying historic comedy might shift our perspectives on the value of humour, past and present.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  14. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00
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  15. The foreign invention of British art
    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Leslie Primo
    Trace the importance of foreigners to the British art scene from the Tudor period to the Baroque. How did artists like Holbein, Dobson, van Somer and van Dyck influence the British School?
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00
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