2024 – The Long Path

Interrail in the museum and at the archives

Have you ever had an unexpected sensory experience which immediately transported you back several decades? This happened to me last summer while I was exploring ‘The Compartment of Dreams’ exhibition at the Danish Railway Museum in Odense. Housed in a former engine shed, the exhibition revolves around two imposing but contrasting railway carriages. One isContinue reading “Interrail in the museum and at the archives”

Reflections on a year of conducting Interrail oral history interviews

Over the past year I have travelled up and down the UK, meeting and interviewing fifty-two remarkable and generous people. They all took an Interrail trip at some point between 1972 and 1997, and I wanted to find out more about their youthful travel adventures. It was a privilege to hear and record their stories.Continue reading “Reflections on a year of conducting Interrail oral history interviews”