About this Event
From the cloud-skimming heights of Tibet's Qinghai railway to silk-sheeted splendour on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, is a celebration of the glory of train travel and a witty and irreverent look at the world.
Come along to July's Journeys-themed RBC event, centred on Around the World in 80 Trains. Author Monisha Rajesh, receiver of National Geographic’s Travel Book of the Year Award, will join us for a deeper dive into adventures on rails.
This month's theme and event is a collaboration with , a vibrant community for solo travellers who connect people, cultures and stories through that magical activity that we call 'travelling'. WeRoad travel coordinators will be joining us to share stories of travel and adventure.
Attending RBC members receive a £200 voucher to use towards a WeRoad trip + the opportunity to win a £1000 voucher in a prize draw.
Delicious drinks are included, as well as engaging storytelling and space for conversations and sharing your own journeys across countries and continents.
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Special Guests:
, author of About Around the World in 80 Trains
Monisha is an author and journalist whose writing has appeared in Time magazine, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The Guardian, The Sunday Times and The Sunday Telegraph in which she wrote a monthly column about travelling the world by train. Her first book Around India in 80 Trains (2012) was named one of The Independent’s top ten books on India. Her second book, Around the World in 80 Trains (2019) won the National Geographic Travel Book of the year and was shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Award.
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RBC member Bobby is a school maths teacher and Cambridge University Doctorate student, ambassador for the charity National Numeracy and co-presenter of the podcast Maths Appeal. He writes as a columnist for the Financial Times Money section and had various articles published in the Telegraph and Huffington Post. You might have seen Bobby on Netflix's Indian Matchmaking.
Interested? Want to join us at our July event?
Come along to the RBC event at Techspace Shoreditch, to talk about the book with author Monisha Rajesh, about travel with the Weroad travel coordinators + test your geography, travel and destination knowledge through a fun quiz moderated by Bobby Seagull.
Get 50% off your first event with Eventbrite - new customers only. Ticket price includes access to the book club plus a welcome drink (alcoholic + non-alcoholic options available).
Packing up her rucksack and her fiancé, Jem, Monisha embarks on an unforgettable adventure that takes her from London's St Pancras station to the vast expanses of Russia and Mongolia, North Korea, Canada, Kazakhstan, and beyond. The journey is one of constant movement and mayhem, as the pair strike up friendships and swap stories with the hilarious, irksome and ultimately endearing travellers they meet on board, all while taking in some of the earth's most breathtaking views.
Why we chose it: “Monisha Rajesh has chosen one of the best ways of seeing the world. Never too fast, never too slow, her journey does what trains do best. Getting to the heart of things. Prepare for a very fine ride” - Michael Palin
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Techspace Shoreditch, 25 Luke Street, London, United Kingdom
GBP 11.55