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Ways into abstract paintingEncounter different approaches to making abstract paintings while developing your skills in using a range of painting materials. With reference to the work of a variety of abstract artists explore the visual language common to both representation and abstraction, eg. colour, composition, tone and paint application.Full fee £409.00 Senior fee £327.00 Concession £266.00- Myofascial release: taster workshopInterested in myofascial release but don’t know where to begin? Why not try this general introduction to the technique! Learn about fascia and the benefits of myofascial release that you can practice on yourself and friends and family!
Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tue 13 Oct 2026Mark WoollardFull fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Literary translation in practice (Italian into English)Do you enjoy reading in Italian and writing in English? Are you interested in the similarities and differences between English-speaking and Italian-speaking cultures? Do you have a particular interest and/or background in literature, especially literature in other languages? Would you like to see if you have a special knack for translation, perhaps with a view to doing it professionally? Come and join this interactive translation course to hone your translation skills.
Online
Tue 13 Oct 2026Antonio GambacortaFull fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £162.00 - Arabic beginners: module 1
Learn Arabic either an in-person course in Covent Garden or live online sessions. Experience learning Arabic by enrolling on a taster.
This beginner course introduces Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), focusing on basic speaking and listening skills, essential vocabulary, and grammar for everyday communication. More details are available at the end of this webpage.
Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs: an introduction online
This four-week course delves into the written words and thoughts of the ancient Egyptians. Students will gain a foundation in the iconic writing of hieroglyphs, putting their newfound skills into practice by reading original texts from the British Museum collection. This is a truly fascinating and intricate language, and it offers its readers the ability to understand the lost voices of one of history’s most remarkable civilisations. This is an online version of the course held in our campus.
Online
Tue 13 Oct 2026Hugo CookFull fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Society beyond the Textbook
Question what you know, explore what shapes society, and see the world beyond the textbook.
Keeley Street
Tue 13 Oct 2026Michele ScottFull fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Return to French (lower intermediate)Revise and consolidate your speaking and listening skills, as well as your grammar. Suitable if you have completed completed 2-3 years of study in the past.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
- Anatomical life drawing
Discover the extraordinary construction of the human body. Through direct observation of the model you will examine the fundamental anatomical structures that underlie life drawing. For those with some drawing experience.
Keeley Street
Tue 13 Oct 2026Andrea VoiseyFull fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00 - Grammar in practice: advanced (level 2+)
Is your grammar holding you back? Enhance your communication skills by exploring, analysing, and experimenting with advanced English grammar. This course will help you understand that grammar is not just about rules-it's about meaning. You'll learn to interpret others more accurately and express yourself more clearly and effectively.
This course runs during terms 1 and 3.
You need to do a short test before joining. Contact: universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk or call 0204 582 0423
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are unemployed and claiming certain benefits. For more information Click here
Online
Tue 13 Oct 2026Full fee £195.00 Senior fee £156.00 Concession £98.00 - Film Genre: Screwball Comedies
In the 1930s, audiences were introduced to a new type of comedy style blending Hollywood social commentary with a battle-of-the-sexes. What was new? Eccentric romance, rapid-fire dialogue, gender relations as near combat, and farcical slapstick-a cycle of films known as screwball comedies, a distinct time capsule of the decade and one of the most transcendent genres of the classical Hollywood period. More modern films like the homage of What’s Up Doc? (1972 Peter Bogdanovich) or Silver Linings Playbook (2012 David O. Russell) attempted the speed & spirit of films like Bringing Up Baby (1938 Howard Hawks) or The Lady Eve (1941 Preston Sturges) but screwball’s effervescence is difficult to recapture. In O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) the Coen Brothers attempted a sequel to Preston Sturges’ great Hollywood satire, Sullivan’s Travels (1941), but screwball is tied to a time and a place. The time was the Great Depression, when audiences needed escapism. The place was Hollywood and an industry making full use of talking pictures, finding writers from the New York stage (or Dorothy Parker’s Round Table) who would seize the opportunity to get smart talk into the films. But over and above all that I think the real reason for screwball was Hollywood’s need to fast-talk its way around the new Production Code censorship of 1934. No coincidence then that in that same year Frank Capra made It Happened One Night (1934) and Howard Hawks directed Twentieth Century (1934). Both shared an unorthodox portrayal of romance and cynicism. A new genre was off and running.
Keeley Street
Wed 14 Oct 2026John WischmeyerFull fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Mind and Code: Crime in Context
Look beyond the individual offender and uncover the social, political, and economic forces behind crime and harm.
Keeley Street
Wed 14 Oct 2026Michele ScottFull fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00 - Virgil's Aeneid reading group (in translation)Discover one of the greatest works of Latin literature.
Online
Wed 14 Oct 2026Justin MurrayFull fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £159.00 - Victorian Soho: Sex, Shopping, Tourism and Anarchy
The West End was a heady mix of glamorous shopping emporia, political refugees from Europe, street-based and brothel-based prostitution, and the general public just enjoying a day or evening ‘Up West’. Join Dr. Sarah Wise to learn more on this 2 hour guided walk of Soho.
Off Site
Wed 14 Oct 2026Sarah WiseFull fee £39.00 Senior fee £31.00 Concession £25.00 - French 4: Return to French (Advanced)
If your advanced French is a bit rusty and you wish you could reactivate your passive knowledge, this is the right course for you. This course will help you access your dormant French and bring it back to life. After attending this course you should be able join a level 4 or 5 course.
Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Learning to use your smartphone (Android)Does your smartphone confuse you? Are you unsure how to make the most of its many features? Understanding and navigating your way round a smartphone is now as important as being able to use a regular computer. This short course will help you understand your Android smartphone, troubleshoot problems and use some of the most popular apps. By the end of the course you will be confident you can use or find out how to use the key features of your phone.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are unemployed and claiming certain benefits. For more information Click here
Keeley Street
Wed 14 Oct 2026 (and 3 other dates)Full fee £50.00 Senior fee £40.00 Concession £25.00
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