COLCEC course topics 2015-16
Aspects of architecture history
Websites
- Modern architecture in the City of London
- New London Architecture
- Open-City - 'London's leading architecture education organisation'
- Power, Medicine, Genius and Destruction: Great London Buildings and their Creators, 1200 to 2000 - Gresham Lectures by Simon Thurley (videos and transcripts)
- Medieval Or Tudor? How To Tell Which Era London's Buildings Are From
- Georgian Or Victorian? How To Tell London's Architecture Eras
- London Architecture Diary - architecture exhibitions, talks, walks and events
- Historic England Archive - photographs, plans and drawings of England's buildings and historic sites
- Sculpture in the City 2016
- The London Ambler - guided walks exploring London architecture and history
Books
- Simon Bradley and Nikolaus Pevsner, London: The City Churches (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Yale University Press, 1998)
- Matthew Rice, Rice's Architectural Primer (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009)
- Matthew Rice, Rice's Church Primer (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013)
- John Schofield, The Building of London: From the Conquest to the Great Fire (British Museum Publications, 1984)
- John Summerson, The Classical Language of Architecture (originally published 1963; revised and enlarged, World of Art, 1980)
A world city: people from everywhere through the centuries
Websites
- London's Black history: some key personalities - Museum of London educational resource
- Where do Londoners come from? London's communities 1675–present - Museum of London pocket history
- Short History of Immigration - BBC background article
- Immigration and emigration: the world in a city - BBC Legacies article
- Making immigration work for Britain: what can we learn from history? - BBC History Magazine article
- Exploring 20th Century London - Migration & Citizenship
- The Minority Communities of London - Old Bailey Online
- Black History Walks - African History in the City of London
- Black History Month - Greater London listings
- Exploring Bengali history in London
- Chinatown London through the ages
- The Chinese in Limehouse 1900-1940
- The Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland
- Huguenots of Spitalfields
- The Jewish Museum
- The history of Lewis Berger & Sons paint company
- The history of Lutherans in Britain
- St Georgs Kirche - St George's German Lutheran Church
- St George-in-the-East Church - the website has a good history section
Books
- Robert Winder, Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain (Abacus, 2013)
Other topics
- King's Cross - history
- The City of London Police - history
The City's role in the history of science
Websites
- The Geological Society
- Gresham College
- The Linnean Society of London
- Casebooks Project - digital edition of Simon Forman's and Richard Napier's medical records 1596-1634
- Museum of the History of Science
- National Maritime Museum
- Royal Astronomical Society
- Royal Observatory
- The Royal Society
- The Royal Institution - home to the Faraday Museum on the history of science (free; open Mon-Fri 9am-6pm)
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- The RSA (Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce)
- Science Museum
- Society of Antiquaries
- Westminster Abbey Royal Society Scientists Trail - downloadable education resources
- Benjamin Franklin House
Books
- Bill Bryson (editor), Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society(HarperPress, 2011)
- James Gleick, Isaac Newton (Fourth Estate, 2003)
- George Goodwin, Benjamin Franklin in London: The British Life of America's Founding Father (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2016)
- Leo Hollis, The Phoenix: The Men Who Made Modern London (Phoenix, paperback, 2009) - about Christopher Wren, John Evelyn, Robert Hooke, John Locke and Nicholas Barbon
- Stephen Inwood, The Man Who Knew Too Much: The Strange and Inventive Life of Robert Hooke 1635-1703 (Macmillan, 2002)
- Lisa Jardine, The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London (Harper, 2004)
- Lisa Jardine, Ingenious Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution (Little, Brown, 1999)
- Lisa Jardine, On a Grander Scale: The Outstanding Career of Sir Christopher Wren (HarperCollins, 2002)
- Roger Osborne, The Floating Egg: Episodes in the Making of Geology (Jonathan Cape, 1998)
- Dava Sobel, Longitude (Fourth Estate, 1996)
- Adrian Tinniswood, His Invention So Fertile: A Life of Christopher Wren (Pimlico, 2002)
- Claire Tomalin, Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self (Penguin Books, 2003)
- Jenny Uglow, The Lunar Men (Faber & Faber, 2003) - about the 18th-century Lunar Society of Birmingham that included Matthew Boulton, Josiah Wedgwood, James Watt, Erasmus Darwin
- Simon Winchester, The Map That Changed The World (Penguin Books, 2002) - the story of William Smith
History of theatre and performance
Websites
- Shakespearean400 - events and activities marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death
- ShaLT - Shakespearean London Theatres
- Victoria & Albert Museum - Theatre & Performance Collection
- The Theatres Trust - National Advisory Body for Theatres; website includes database of theatres in England, Scotland and Wales
- Collins's Music Hall, Islington
- Sadler's Wells Theatre - history
- Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera
Books
- Simon Trussler, The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre(Cambridge University Press, 2000)
- Barry Day, This Wooden 'O': Shakespeare's Globe Reborn (Oberon Books, 1996)
- François Laroque, Shakespeare: Court, Crowd and Playhouse (Thames & Hudson, 1993)
- Ian Kelly, Mr Foote's Other Leg: Comedy, Tragedy and Murder in Georgian London (Picador, 2012)