Talking Features

The Decline of 3rd Places

In this week’s Talking Life, Kieran discusses the slow disappearance of the “third place”: the spaces that are neither home nor work. They’re closing across Britain, and what is lost is more than economic value. He looks at what we lose when these utilities vanish, and why community is something that must be built on purpose, or quietly allowed to erode.

Strand
Talking Life
Presented by
Kieran Banister
Running time
3’00”
Versions
With and without music bed
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