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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"Alas, as we get up in life and are more preoccupiedwith our affairs, "even a holiday is a...

"Alas, as we get up in life and are more preoccupied
with our affairs, "even a holiday is a thing
that must be worked for." "To hold a pack
upon a pack saddle, "against a gale
out of the freezing north, "is no high industry, "but it's one that serves
to occupy and compose the mind

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"Alas, as we get up in life
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and are more preoccupied with our affairs,
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"even a holiday is a thing that must be worked for."
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"To hold a pack upon a pack saddle,
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"against a gale out of the freezing north,
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"is no high industry,
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"but it's one that serves to occupy and compose the mind.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
54
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:08
Uploaded
May 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Storyvault Films

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Movie Summary

Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that inspired their novels.
S01 • E01 And also, it's an aphrodisiac, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
And also, it's an aphrodisiac,
S01 • E03 Richard narrates: Lorca was particularly drawn - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Richard narrates: Lorca was particularly drawn
S01 • E02 "And when the present is so exacting, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
"And when the present is so exacting,
S01 • E03 In the 16th century, Jews, Muslims and Romani people - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
In the 16th century, Jews, Muslims and Romani people
S01 • E02 Come on! Are you on the move now? There you go! - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
Come on! Are you on the move now? There you go!
S01 • E01 [Pasquale speaks in Italian] - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
[Pasquale speaks in Italian]
S01 • E03 Here, Lorca could immerse himself - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
Here, Lorca could immerse himself
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: If I can just keep my stomach - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Richard narrates: If I can just keep my stomach
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: Adam Thorpe - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Richard narrates: Adam Thorpe
S01 • E03 "Oh, city of the gypsies, corners hung with banners, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
"Oh, city of the gypsies, corners hung with banners,
S01 • E01 Now a major TV series as well as one of the most extraordinary - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:21
Now a major TV series as well as one of the most extraordina...
S01 • E03 "Oh, city of gypsies, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"Oh, city of gypsies,
S01 • E02 He's lived in the area for 30 years, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
He's lived in the area for 30 years,
S01 • E03 "City of musk and sorrow, city of cinnamon towers. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"City of musk and sorrow, city of cinnamon towers.
S01 • E03 "As the night was coming, the night so nightly night, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
"As the night was coming, the night so nightly night,
S01 • E02 We met in the picturesque town of Saint-Jean-du-Gard, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
We met in the picturesque town of Saint-Jean-du-Gard,
S01 • E01 Although 'Ferrante' is a pseudonym - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Although 'Ferrante' is a pseudonym
S01 • E02 I mean, it says on the cover, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
I mean, it says on the cover,
S01 • E03 Lorca described Gypsy Ballads as being a book - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
Lorca described Gypsy Ballads as being a book
S01 • E01 As you walk through these alleyways, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
As you walk through these alleyways,