Download your free Towns booklet

Updated Friday 7th December 2018

Download your free booklet to accompany Towns with Nicholas Crane, which looks at the topics of connections, migration, diversity and power.

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OU on the BBC: Town with Nicholas Crane

Nicholas Crane comes inland to explore the intertwined stories which make up the towns of the United Kingdom.
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My town, your town, whose town?

Step into the shoes of a community leader in this game and tackle crucial issues impacting UK towns right now.
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The Secret History of Our Streets: Share your diaries

Help us to build a picture of the secret history of streets around the UK by contributing to our diaries.
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Originally published: Tuesday, 26th July 2011
Last updated on: Friday, 7th December 2018

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Body text - Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0: The Open University
Image 'Town booklet' - Copyright: The Open University
Image 'Nicholas Crane overlooking Ludlow ' - Copyright: BBC
Image 'Dusk view across city skyline, London' - Copyright: R P C Franklyn Limited
Image 'Mobile phone on silver background' - Copyright:
Buruhtan | Dreamstime.com
Image 'A still taken from the The Secret Life of Books app home screen. It features a desk containing all of the books featured in the BBC Four series.' - Copyright: BBC
Image 'A detail from the set' - Copyright: Production team
Image 'Understanding nature booklet' - The Open University under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license
Image 'A collection of different household liquids in glass tumblers' - The Open University under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license
Image 'History of the Universe ' - Copyright: Open University / BBC
Image 'World Changing Women booklet cover image' - Copyright: BBC
Image 'The Code print cover' - Copyright: The Open University
Image 'Coast 2010 booklet cover' - Copyright:
Open University
Image 'Old hardback books' - By Lin Kristensen from New Jersey, USA (Timeless Books) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons under Creative-Commons license
Image 'A sign explaining the exotic York street name Whip-ma-whop-ma Gate as being derived from a phrase for 'what a street'' - Keith Seabridge under CC-BY licence under Creative-Commons license
Image 'Queen Victoria' - Copyright: Phrood via Wikimedia

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