Writing Courses & Workshops Online & in London

Gua Sha is a traditional Chinese medicine practice in which a tool is used to scrape people’s skin in order to reduce inflammation and chronic pain. It can also help to relieve muscular pain and tension. Come along and learn some techniques to use on family and friends.

This intensive Saturday course will help you to learn techniques and develop skills which will boost your confidence for all types of situations when you have to say a few words in public. This course will be delivered in the college.

Sometimes a poem is shaped by stripping words away. This fun day workshop explores the emerging form of black out poetry. Learn how to find hidden poems in texts such as newspaper articles, advertisements and letters.

Demystify cryptocurrency and blockchain technology in this beginner-friendly course, exploring their economic implications through engaging discussions and practical examples.

Este curso analizará algunos aspectos históricos y culturales de este fascinante periodo que abarca desde el año 711 hasta 1609. Exploraremos las relaciones interculturales que se formaron entre las comunidades musulmana, cristiana y judía a medida que el carácter geográfico y político de al-Andalus se desarrollaba y cambiaba. También estudiaremos el legado de este periodo en la identidad nacional del pueblo español actual y las diferentes interpretaciones que se han ofrecido de la diversa y dinámica cultura de la España musulmana. Este curso es



para estudiantes con nivel intermedio avanzado de español (si has estudiado español al menos durante 4-5 años).

Edith Wharton and Henry James had a keen eye for a well-designed and tastefully decorated house and both brought us depictions of splendid interiors in their novels set in ‘the Gilded Age’. We’ll discuss the changing tastes at the turn of the century, and how both authors used interior decoration to reflect the moral turn of their characters and the age.

Join this session to understand how displaced people and refugees are central to understanding modern Chinese history. This course is part of City Lit’s Refugee Week events.

Discover the development of the British Landscape tradition from the 18th and 19th centuries. The Victoria and Albert Museum has the largest collection of John Constable sketches in the world, and we will discuss the works on display in detail and compare with works by J.W.M Turner and other artists on display.