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Unheard Voices Scholarship
City Lit’s Malorie Blackman Scholarships for 'Unheard Voices' provide three annual awards to fund one year’s study within the Creative Writing department at City Lit. Learn more >
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- Global finance: a brief introduction
Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Caglar EzikogluExplore the essentials of global finance, learning about international markets, exchange rates, and financial instruments. Gain a foundational understanding of global economic dynamics.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £84.00 - Grammar for ancient languages: an introduction Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Justin MurraySuitable for complete beginners of ancient languages. Become familiar with the key grammar terminology and concepts that will enhance your learning. Highly recommended if you are starting to learn an ancient or classical language. - Irish beginners: module 1Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah O'DonnellSuitable for complete beginners wanting to learn this fascinating Celtic language.
Note that we are running a taster in September if you would like to experience learning Irish, search for "Irish taster".Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00 - The Birth of English TragedyCourse start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alexander Fairbairn-DixonCome and explore three pioneering tragedies of the early English Renaissance commercial stage (1585-1592): The Spanish Tragedy (1586), Arden of Faversham (1588-92), and Tamburlaine Part I (1587). These plays were to become the models setting the standard and blueprint for three influential sub-genres: Revenge Tragedy, Domestic Tragedy, and Heroic Tragedy. We’ll look at their dramatic inventiveness, creativity in handling sources, and why they enthralled contemporary audiences.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Breathe and Relax Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Bram WilliamsIncorporating gentle relaxation, Chi Kung practices, and simple movement to free the restrictions to breath. Explore breath practices from varied Yoga, Meditation & wholistic approaches.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00 - Lithography print workshopCourse start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Simon BurderLearn how to produce work that mimics a painterly style using lithography printmaking processes. Lithography depends on the delicate balance between grease and water and can provide a broad range of outcomes. Learn how marks and brush strokes drawn and painted on the printing plate can be faithfully reproduced to create bold or subtle prints.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Swedish beginners: module 1Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Yohanna JacobssonStart your Swedish learning journey with City Lit! Our fun and interactive courses are suitable for complete beginners.
Choose either an in-person course in Covent Garden or live online sessions.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00 - Reading Shakespeare: a director's perspective - Merchant of Venice and OthelloCourse start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laura BaggaleyTake a fresh look at Shakespeare, exploring selected plays in the company of an experienced theatre director. With performance in mind, we will examine the language and themes of two plays, watch and compare clips of stage productions and discuss the extraordinary variety to be found in Shakespeare’s work.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - 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 - English for deaf people: Communicating confidently at work (entry 2) - part 1Course start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Do you want to develop your communication skills to participate, express and progress at work? This course will use a range of techniques to teach you how to get ahead in work situations. You will be introduced to practical language, vocabulary and skills. You will learn through realistic activities that are based on various work situations. This course has no exam.
This course is free for learners who have not achieved a GCSE grade C (4) and higher in English. For more information Click here
Full fee £0.00 - Danish beginners: module 3Course start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Anne Svenstrup GrantConsolidate and build on your Danish language skills and expand your knowledge of Danish traditions and culture. Suitable if you have done modules 1 and 2, or equivalent.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00 - Danish beginners: module 1Course start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Anne Svenstrup GrantMake 2025 the year you start learning Danish! This friendly course for complete beginners and will introduce you to this fascinating Scandinavian language.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £239.00 - Russian beginners: module 1Course start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Altannavch MurrayDive into the fascinating world of the Russian language on this interactive course. Whether you're looking to explore the rich and complex cultures of the Russian-speaking world or seeking out a new linguistic challenge, this course is designed to help you achieve your goals. Choose an in-person course in Covent Garden or a live online course.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00 - Mozart's ViennaCourse start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pauline GreeneMozart’s music has come to stand for the greatest and most beautiful aspects of the Western classical tradition. But who was he? And what exactly did he do? Come and discover more about this famous Vienese composer. break week 29 Oct 2025.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £188.00 - Wild Nights: poetry and desireCourse start date: Wed 24 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laurie SmithSome friendships, including with people of the same sex, may become so intense as to be love, though not necessarily of a sexual kind. We will look at some great poets who have had this experience and expressed it brilliantly in their work: Shakespeare and Byron, Tennyson and Emily Dickinson, Arthur Rimbaud and Thomas Hardy, C P Cavafy and the great 20th century Russian poet Some Marina Tsvetaeva, and finally our recent Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00
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