Telling it all

We're surrounded by people's history - and influences on our own. OpenLearn uncovers life stories.

Checking out the options

Jane Bickerstaff discusses how you can make more environmentally friendly  consumer choices.

Dinner decisions

How green is your dinner? When it comes to helping the enviroment, what choices can we make about our food?

Walls have voices

Who lived in your house before you? How and why has your house been changed and who changed it? Look for the clues and discover the history of your home.  

Cubicles and cubby-holes

Is the office just a place to work, or is it much more than that? Claim your perfect office space.

Living for the city

"A man can lose himself in London" - but is this a good thing? It depends on your attitude to cities.

Out of town

Terry Hall goes in search of the rural idyll.

Home comforts

It's the environment you can shape as much as you please - your home, your Utopia.