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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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- City of words: London's literary landscapeCourse start date: Thu 11 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Tutors: Eleanor JacksonLondon has been muse, magnet and mecca to writers for 400 years, home to Shakespeare's successes, Dickens' dramas and Wilde's witticisms. After an introductory lecture (via zoom) we walk a different London neighbourhood each week exploring its literary connections.Break week/No class: 09/10/25. Initial lecture is on zoom . This is followed by 7 guided walks.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - German 2 : short storiesCourse start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Tutors: Barbara PölletThis is a lower intermediate course in which you will be focusing on your reading comprehension. Note that this course will be alternating between online and in person at Keeley Street. Your first session will be in Keeley Street.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - Return to German (lower intermediate)Course start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Tutors: Anna RiolandThis course is suitable if you have done GCSE/ O Level German some time ago and would like to return to studying German or are studying 2 upper at City Lit and would like to revise your lower intermediate German.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - Stories of London
Course start date: Wed 30 Apr 2025Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Tutors: Eleanor JacksonExplore London’s rich history in a series of guided walks. Each week we examine a different neighbourhood & era from the capital’s past. We look at its people, both rich and poor, & the events that shaped the city.
Initial lecture via Zoom followed by 6 guided walks.
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