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Whether you’re interested in a one-off talk or taster class, a short course over a few weeks, or a year-long programme. You'll find a course to suit your schedule and goals.

We offer online courses as well as hybrid and blended learning, and in-person courses in London.

 

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City Lit is a leading provider of adult education in London and all over the UK. It's the perfect place to learn something new, gain new skills, and build your confidence. From mastering new languages and honing creative skills to advancing your career with professional development courses. Whatever your passion or goal, our diverse curriculum has the perfect course to inspire your next step.

 

 

 

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  4. French 2 upper: taster
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 24 Jul 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Valerie Jézéquel
    Come and discover what a lower intermediate French class feels like.
    This course is suitable if you have studied French for 2-3 years recently or have done a GCSE some time ago.
    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00
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  6. Master drawings from Leonardo to Rembrandt: experiment and expression
    Course start date:  Thu 3 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Bryony Bartlett-Rawlings

    Explore the significant role of drawing in shaping art and how artists have used different drawing techniques for creative expression.

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  7. Spanish DELE B1 taster
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 3 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Amaia Ibargüen

    Are you looking into taking an Exam course in French but want to try it before you commit?
    Get a taste of what it would be like to prepare for the DELF B2 examination. The course will explain how the actual preparation to DELF B2 will work and will offer snippets of activities that will be carried out during the course.
    Please note that you should have studied French  for about 4/5 years or have an equivalent level.

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  8. Scrivi una poesia in italiano
    Course start date:  Thu 10 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Roberto Minardi
    Un modo per liberare la propria creatività ed entrare nel lavoro di un poeta. Vedremo in maniera semplice quali sono i versi più tradizionali della metrica italiana e come si strutturano. Faremo degli esercizi di scrittura per cogliere meglio la musicalità della lingua e per gustare il piacere di usare l’italiano in maniera creativa.
    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00
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  9. Visualising Paris Noire: modernism and diasporic expression in 20th century art
    Course start date:  Thu 10 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Explore how African, Caribbean and diasporic artists in 20th-century Paris used visual art and modernist aesthetics to express identity, resist colonial narratives, and engage with the political and cultural ideas of the Négritude and Pan-Africanist movements.

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  12. Jazz piano: introduction
    Course start date:  Thu 24 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Della Rhodes
    Meet the jazz idiom as you explore time feels and harmonic progressions at your piano. For pianists at grade 5 and above, with some knowledge of chord structures (triads and 7ths), this session in our pianos room will give food for thought and practice.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  14. German beginners taster
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 11 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Heiner Schenke
    Come and discover German in this lively taster.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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