Heritage railway volunteers show how deep friendships can be formed without discussing emotions

By Tom Yarrow, Professor of Anthropology, Durham University

“Let’s face it, we’re just not that into emotions,” Brian tells me with a smile talking with other volunteers at a heritage steam railway in northern England. They are discussing a popular TV restoration show. Allan grimaces, parodying the presenter: “He’s always jumping around, shoving the microphone in their faces, like, ‘How do you feel?’ ‘Does this make you sad?’ You can almost see his glee when people actually cry!”

This parody of emotional disclosure captures something important about the values of…

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