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The Essay

InterRail Postcards

Episode 1: Adam Thorpe

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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In a series exploring how student travel has changed, novelist Adam Thorpe remembers the sense of absolute arrival into adulthood which the InterRail pass signified. Show more

The Essay

InterRail Postcards

Episode 2: Roma Tearne

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Sri Lanka-born writer Roma Tearne describes how memories of InterRail travel are inextricably bound up with her interest in frontiers and national identity. Show more

The Essay

InterRail Postcards

Episode 3: Charlotte Mendelson

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Writer Charlotte Mendelson recalls how travelling by InterRail in Europe as a schoolgirl in the 1990s transformed her life. Show more

The Essay

InterRail Postcards

Episode 4: David Almond

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Children's author David Almond recalls the adventures and misfortunes he experienced travelling around Europe by InterRail. Show more

The Essay

InterRail Postcards

Episode 5: Diane Samuels

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Playwright Diane Samuels recalls travelling to Vienna with a fellow Jewish school friend before swiftly deciding that Austria was not for them. Show more