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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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- French 2 upper: pratique and consolidateCourse start date: Mon 29 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pascale VuittenezPractise and consolidate your intermediate spoken French in the heart of London and develop your language skills in these topical discussion classes. Based on recordings from French television, radio news and newspaper articles. Please note that this course takes place every other week.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Italian 2 upper conversation
Course start date: Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Maria FontanaThis skills-based course is for lower intermediate learners of Italian and is intended to improve your Italian speaking skills in everyday situations. We will be looking at both formal and informal scenarios, and the aim is to help you to feel more comfortable speaking Italian in order to improve your fluency.
Please note this course is intended for Italian 2 Upper learners (learners in their third year of study). If you are in Italian 2 lower (second year of study), please see Italian 2 Lower Conversation. If you're unsure of your level, please email Italian@citylit.ac.uk.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Latin 3: module 1Course start date: Mon 29 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Doukissa KaminiSuitable if you have completed Latin 2 or have an equivalent knowledge. Further your knowledge of grammatical structures and vocabulary. Improve your skills at reading and translating Latin while exploring Roman culture and history.
- Chaucer's The Canterbury TalesCourse start date: Mon 29 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rachel BuglassThe Canterbury Tales is Chaucer’s most popular work and one of the most famous examples of Medieval literature. This course selects some of Chaucer’s most carefully crafted representations of individuals and explores the society they come from. We will enjoy intricate plots, comedy and poignant moments with these loveable and unforgettable characters! Students will be carefully guided through the texts to a fuller appreciation of Middle English verse narrative and Chaucer’s witty and energetic composition.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs: part 4: module 1Course start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Hugo Cook
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Meditation and mindfulness Course start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Lisa FordeLearn meditation and mindfulness techniques to help develop resilience and enhance mental health and well-being. Discover ways to live life with more curiosity, equanimity and empathy.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £109.00 - Latin 3: module 3Course start date: Wed 7 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Elena VaccaSuitable if you have completed Latin 3: modules 1 and 2 or have an equivalent knowledge. Further your knowledge of grammatical structures and vocabulary. Improve your skills at reading and translating Latin while exploring Roman culture and history.
Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £136.00 - Latin 5 Course start date: Tue 6 May 2025 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sean GabbIn this advanced course, you will read and translate unadapted texts by Latin authors to deepen your appreciation of their work and your knowledge of Roman culture, history and society.
Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £136.00 - America in the 50s: culture and societyCourse start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pauline Greene, Mark Malcomson, Dale Mineshima-Lowe, Paul Sutton, Patricia Sweeney, Ian TucknottFrom America's domestic expansion and boom in the 1950s, this online intertextual course explores the political, social and cultural context of 1950s America through a study of literature, history, music, film and art of the period. With different tutors for each specialism, the course provides a 'taster' in each subject as a gateway to further study in understanding this fascinating period in American culture and society.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Comedy writing and performing: tasterCourse start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Alan NixonExplore your comedy writing and performance potential under the guidance of an Emmy-award winning comedy producer/director. Alan Nixon shares an introduction to the skills behind creating powerful comedy using classic and modern techniques.Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00 - Art and identity: from the High Renaissance to the Reformation Course start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Emma Rose BarberExplore the legendary art and artists of the High Renaissance in Italy and the Netherlands from c. 1490-1540. Consider the role that ‘self-fashioning’ plays in their fame and notoriety through close reading engagement of a combination of images and texts.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Solitude in fiction and memoirCourse start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Kate WilkinsonThis online literature course explores representations of solitude in recent fiction and memoir. Reading twentieth- and twenty-first-century texts, we’ll consider experiences of solitude across rural and urban settings, from remote islands to crowded cities. How is solitude shaped by places, culture, gender, age and technology?Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00 - Lunchtime Lecture: Bloomsbury and the art of Vanessa Bell Course start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Julia MusgraveAvant-garde painter, designer, decorator, inspired colourist, mother and muse, Vanessa Bell was the warm heart of the Bloomsbury Group, a set who Dorothy Parker once described as “living in squares and loving in triangles”.
Full fee £14.00 Senior fee £11.00 Concession £9.00 - Copywriting Course start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Deborah MartinOn this practical course, you’ll learn the skills you need to create great copy and content for websites, social media and print.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00 - Storytelling for business and pleasure 1Course start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ariella EshedAll cultures respect the world of Story. The ability to tell Stories, in a variety of settings, is a skill that has seen a strong resurgence both in the workplace and in contemporary performance. Gain greater confidence in your communication skills and apply this to your wider experience. This course will be delivered in the college.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £132.00
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