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- 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 - The beginnings of Impressionism: Millet and the Barbizon School
Course start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Emma Rose BarberWho said the Impressionists were the first to paint ‘en plein air’? Get lost in wood and green and light and shade in the large forest of Fontainebleau near Paris and learn about a group of 19th-century painters who influenced the Impressionists in the art of painting landscape outside.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Poetry Reading GroupCourse start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sophie OxenhamThis Poetry Reading Group explores a wide range of poetry across different themes and periods, in a supportive and friendly group. Each week we will read and discuss a selection of 2-4 poems, focusing on a different theme each session. The tutor will select poetry from different poets, forms and periods, introducing you to a broad range of poetic voices and perspectives. Poetry is for everyone - come and join us!
Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Medieval and Renaissance art at the V&ACourse start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Andreas PetzoldExplore the one of the finest and most diverse collections of medieval and Renaissance art and material culture in the world at the V&A Museum.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - British Modernism: Bloomsbury, Hampstead, St Ives Course start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Julie BarlowModernism was a global movement in society and culture during the early decades of the twentieth century. Artists, designers and architects used new imagery, materials and techniques to create work they felt better reflected the realities and hopes of modern societies. This course explores the arrival and impact of Modernism in Britain and places it within a broader European context.
Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Latin 2: module 3 Course start date: Mon 12 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Szerdi NagySuitable if you have completed Latin 2: modules 1 and 2 or have an equivalent knowledge. Improve your knowledge of Latin grammar and your ability to read and write Latin, as well as exploring Roman culture and history.
Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Bookbinding: Japanese books and boxes Course start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate RochesterExplore the elegant sewing patterns found in Japanese binding. Learn how to make books, make a fold-out case, sew traditional and contemporary designs, and experiment with creating your own. This course is suitable for beginners. - Ancient Greek 2: module 1Course start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Szerdi NagySuitable if you have completed Ancient Greek level 1 or have an equivalent knowledge. Further your knowledge of grammatical structures and vocabulary so that you can read more complex Ancient Greek prose.
- Shakespeare's Women: Hamlet, Macbeth and As You Like ItCourse start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sophie OxenhamThis Literature course will look at three of Shakespeare’s female characters: Rosalind (As You Like It), Ophelia (Hamlet) and Lady Macbeth (Macbeth). We will consider their wit, madness and ambition, exploring Shakespeare’s language, the historical context, and the plays in performance.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Exploring literature: an introduction to prose and poetryCourse start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate WilkinsonThis course introduces you to a range of prose and poetry from the nineteenth century to the present. Learn about how poems work, both ‘on the page’ and as spoken words. Reading novels and short stories, we’ll explore characterisation, the social and historical contexts of the works and writers’ techniques. Come and discover what’s distinctive about different forms of literature.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Colour in medieval art Course start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andreas PetzoldColour is an all pervasive and fundamental aspect of medieval art, but one that is largely neglected in art historical studies.This course looks at some of the main themes relating to colour such as symbolism, materials, theory and key developments.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - 1960s LondonCourse start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Explore the dynamic history of London in the 1960s. From pop culture to politics, immigration to education we will look at the changing face of the capital through a decade of transformation.
Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - German for Germany lovers (advanced)Course start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Annette KossowThis advanced German language course for lovers of Germany is part of the series “Wanderlust” which will explore a variety of interesting destinations in Germany.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Italian 2: practise and consolidate: module 1Course start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anna GiuffriaConsolidate your elementary or lower intermediate level of Italian in this interactive class. Further practise the main topics and grammar points learned at level 2 through speaking and listening activities. Intended for learners in their third year of Italian study, or slightly more advanced learners who feel they may benefit from some revision. Consolidate your elementary or lower intermediate level of Italian in this interactive class. Further practise the main topics and grammar points learned at level 2 through speaking and listening activities. Intended for learners in their third year of Italian study, or slightly more advanced learners who feel they may benefit from some revision.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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