Writing Courses & Workshops Online & in London

A class for students who have a recognised instrumental ability. Learn to play percussion instruments. Compose original music as a group. Listen and respond to group members. There are opportunities to perform your music to an audience throughout the year. This is a partnership class with the Royal Academy of Music. The group will be joined most weeks by students from the Royal Academy of Music.

For students with recognised drawing and painting skills. Build a portfolio of work, participate in a group project. There is an annual opportunity to show your work in an exhibition. Visit galleries and museums for ideas and inspiration.

Learn Chinese Mandarin in the heart of London on this lively classroom-based course.







This course is designed for beginners who have little or no prior knowledge of Chinese.



Whether you're a student, professional, or simply curious about the language and culture, this course will equip you with the essential skills to communicate confidently in Mandarin.



Our emphasis on speaking ensures that you'll be able to engage in meaningful conversations from the very first lesson. You'll learn useful phrases, expressions, and idioms, enabling you to communicate effectively in various social and everyday situations.

Learn to speak Norwegian and develop your speaking and listening skills in these communicative online classes, which emphasise the practical use of the language.

Some 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.

Explore basic design and illustration techniques using Adobe Illustrator – the key high-end graphics software used to create logos and icons. Discover what you can achieve using paths, pens, colour, and type as you learn about infographics and designing with vectors.

A course examining the formation and development of Islamic Art and Design; looking at the role of ideology and patronage, and the key influences that went into its development and evolution.

Continue learning Scottish Gaelic this September!



Suitable if you have completed Scottish Gaelic beginners: module 2 or have an equivalent experience (e.g. have studied the language for 33 classroom hours). Continue learning to speak and understand Gaelic in this communicative course for beginners. The course also provides an introduction to Gaelic culture, poetry and songs. Based on units 8-10 of the coursebook 'Teach Yourself Gaelic'.

Do you want to know more about classical music history? Explore selected topics and key works in Baroque, Classical and early Romantic music on this highly informative 10-week course. Ideal for people with no specialist knowledge. Break week: 30 Oct 2025.

Learn dance and movement skills. Create new dance moves and physical theatre pieces. Produce a dance piece for performance. Present your dance skills to an audience.

Share your thoughts and ideas on your favourite subjects by making a video or audio recording and posting it on Youtube or other social media. We will explore what people are saying and thinking on the internet.