{"id":1731,"date":"2021-05-24T09:41:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T08:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/?p=1731"},"modified":"2021-06-18T07:55:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T06:55:17","slug":"train-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/2021\/05\/24\/train-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Page Breaks &#8211; Right On Track (2nd June)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1732 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2021\/06\/USSR-soviet-train-e1622536951993-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2021\/06\/USSR-soviet-train-e1622536951993-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2021\/06\/USSR-soviet-train-e1622536951993.jpg 565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Our reading for this week will be two short essays about train travel.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><!--more--><\/p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<h3><strong>&#8220;With everyday minutiae gone at least temporarily, and with scenery providing the backdrop so essential to introspection, we find the time to reflect. And while other forms of transport take away from this process&#8230; trains inspire it.&#8221; (Margarita Gokun Silva, &#8216;Right on Track&#8217;)<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<h3>Text (Reading)<\/h3>\r\n<p>Both these pieces are quite sentimental about train travel, but we don&#8217;t have to be! We&#8217;ll treat these as a starting-point for wider discussion, so you&#8217;re welcome to pick just one, rather than reading both.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Margarita Gokun Silva, &#8220;Right on Track&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/aeon.co\/essays\/what-makes-train-travel-such-an-antidote-to-life-s-stresses?\">Aeon, 2109<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<li>Hannah Jane Parkinson, &#8220;For silence or great conversation, the best journeys are taken by train&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2021\/feb\/05\/best-journeys-by-train-hannah-jane-parkinson\">Guardian, 2021<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>&#8220;Time&#8221; and Place<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Wed 2 June, 1 pm<\/li>\r\n<li>Zoom: <a href=\"https:\/\/bham-ac-uk.zoom.us\/j\/95106481660?pwd=QXd6cDRLdDMrbG0zaDhYRUxJQzBVdz09\">Link<\/a>\u00a0(Password: pagebreaks)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Looking forward to seeing you all again soon! This event is run by Dorothy Butchard and Toria Johnson (d.butchard@bham.ac.uk and t.johnson@bham.ac.uk). 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