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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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- Spanish Quiz/game night: level A1-A2Course start date: Thu 4 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Adriana Itriago GavidiaCome and join us in this fun Spanish night! Do you like pub quizzes? Do you want to put into practice your knowledge of Spanish grammar, vocabulary, culture, and music while having fun in the process? Then you are in the right place!Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - German Christmas carolsCourse start date: Thu 4 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gisela MeyerDo you love singing at Christmas? Join this workshop to learn and sing German Christmas carols.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £19.00 - Journalism: a taster
Course start date: Thu 4 Dec 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Laura SilvermanWhat makes a great story? Discover what goes into a magazine or newspaper article and be inspired to write your own.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Interactions between the Mediterranean world and Anglo-Saxon EnglandCourse start date: Fri 5 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Stephen Pollington.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00 - Theta Healing® Basic DNA Course start date: Fri 5 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Yvonne DubiLearn how to apply the Theta Technique for healing of body and mind and for attracting positive experiences
and abundance into your life. Be ready for transformation.Full fee £459.00 Senior fee £459.00 Concession £459.00 - Demystifying Tate Modern Course start date: Sat 6 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayGet an overview of Tate Modern with this straightforward and lively insight into the gallery’s current displays and the role of the gallery in the contemporary art world. #arthistory #tatemodern.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00 - What are Greek myths?Course start date: Sat 6 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Maria ContosMyth permeated all aspects of ancient society and much the same can be said today. Investigate the relevance and perseverance of the Greek myth and why these tales continue to fascinate.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00 - Drawing and mindfulness: releasing the judging mindCourse start date: Sat 6 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Clare Barton-HarveyExplore a range of perspectives and practical exercises for letting-go of the limiting effects of the judging mind, whilst connecting to drawing in refreshing and inspiring ways. The ideas and mindfulness skills are transferrable to all creative disciplines.
Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - DSLR filmmakingCourse start date: Sat 6 Dec 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lyndon IvesThink quality video production needs a whole film crew? Think again! Discover how you can easily shoot
professional-level video on your own digital SLR camera and find out why DSLRs have become the camera of choice for many broadcast professionals.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Study Day: Turner, Constable and the Romantic movementCourse start date: Sat 6 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rachel SandersExplore Romanticism as an international movement, focusing on Turner and Constable as its key examples, considering issues such as social change, biography, material experimentation and artistic and theoretic interests.
Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - French 1/2: sing to improve your French (chants de Noel)Course start date: Sat 6 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Trista Selous’Tis the season to be jolly, so let’s sing some Christmas songs in French!
Sing your way to better French pronunciation and cultural knowledge with this fun workshop based on simple songs that French speakers learn as children. Suitable if you have recently started studying French or have an equivalent knowledge of the language.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Whispering ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response)Course start date: Sat 6 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate MontagueA one-off workshop on this worldwide phenomenon, delivered in the college. How can the impact of what we hear and feel enhance our connection to our voices? Through body-mind connection and the use of vocal sounds, gestures, rhythms and touch, you can not only reset your nervous systems, and better manage stress, but also find a deeper connection to your voice.Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00 - Quantum physics: an introductionCourse start date: Sun 7 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Radmila TopalovicLearn about the failure of classical mechanics (everyday laws of physics) to explain particle behaviour and the emergence of the quantum revolution. Consider interpretations of these unusual phenomena and the use of quantum physics in current technology.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Magic workshopCourse start date: Sun 7 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul AbbeyCome and see what performance magic is all about through our one day experience masterclass. Here you will explore a range of magic techniques and acts. - Explore: zine making Course start date: Sun 7 Dec 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pam WilliamsIn this Zine Making course, you will create your own zine from start to finish, from curating the content and designing the publication, exploring typography and experimental approaches to paper folding and zine creation.
Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00
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