Book a summer course at City Lit

Established in the aftermath of the First World War, City Lit began life as the City Literary Institute, one of five literary institutes across London established by what was then London County Council to provide non-vocational adult education, and allow people with full-time jobs to take evening and other courses alongside their work. Today, we are told, the City Lit offers over 4,000 courses, and maintains a base at Keeley Street in Covent Garden, as well as three other sites in the area.



Though the other other Literary Institutes which were once found at Plumstead and Woolwich, Marylebone, Dalston, Peckham have sadly died, the City Lit continues, to the benefit of thousands who work in London and seek education after work. Though your author has perhaps been unnecessarily scathing recently about what the youngsters would probably describe as 'hipster' courses in things like cup-cake-baking and ukulele-playing, it is important not to dismiss the great work of the institution, the fine courses that do run, and the value of the scores of courses running at any one time to those who take them. Long may it continue.

For more, see http://www.citylit.ac.uk/

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