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  1. Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £118.00
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  2. Late Victorian Soho: From Sex and Shopping to Police & Radical Politics
    Course start date:  Tue 15 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Sarah Wise

    The West End was a heady mix of glamorous shopping emporia, political refugees from Europe, street-based and brothel-based prostitution, and the general public just enjoying a day or evening ‘Up West’. Join Dr. Sarah Wise to learn more on this 2 hour guided walk of Soho. 

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  3. Aesop's fables: an introduction
    Course start date:  Tue 15 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Maria Contos
    Aesop’s fables have been used through history to clarify important issues within society. Investigate their perseverance through history and why they continue to be relevant today.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  4. Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00
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  5. The art of Chinese gardens: nature and philosophy
    Course start date:  Wed 16 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    In early modern China, gardens were more than places of retreat, they functioned as major social, cultural and economic sites. In our time of ecological crisis, gardens play a crucial role in mitigating pollution. This course will examine how the intersections of art, architecture, philosophy and sensory experience of Chinese gardens show continuity and change from the early modern period to the present day. 

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  6. Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £169.00
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  7. Global Literatures: Han Kang & Elif Shafak
    Course start date:  Wed 16 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Join us for an exploration of the ways we experience global literatures of our time. Inter-generational memory is the focus of two prize-winning novels, The Vegetarian (2007) by Han Kang and The Island of Missing Trees (2021) by Elif Shafak. Unearthing the painful truths of history in the context of culturally/politically divided Korea and Cyprus, the authors deal delicately, and brutally, with love, the environment, patriarchy, resistance and the metamorphosis of the female body.
    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00
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  8. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  9. Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £62.00
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  10. Charleston intensive
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    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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  11. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  12. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  13. Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
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    Course start date:  Sat 19 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Edgar Ter-Danielyan
    This course is an interactive introduction to philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (AI) focusing on ontological (‘what is AI?’) and epistemic (‘how do we know?’) aspects of recent revolutionary advances in AI from both philosophical and computer science perspectives. We will not focus on ethical aspects of AI in this course which are covered in a separate course.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  14. Classical music: an introduction
    Course start date:  Mon 21 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Pauline Greene
    Are you interested in finding out more about classical music but not sure where to start? This taster course will introduce you to the history of music through a careful choice of works.
    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00
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  15. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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