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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

And not only that,Highsmith herself was inspired to create what went on to beher favourite...

And not only that,
Highsmith herself was inspired to create what went on to be
her favourite literary creation in this very hotel room

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And not only that, Highsmith herself was inspired
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to create what went on to be her favourite literary creation
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in this very hotel room.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:49
Uploaded
May 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 • E03 But what they do with a dried fig, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
But what they do with a dried fig,
S01 • E02 I mean, it's extraordinary to think about it now, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
I mean, it's extraordinary to think about it now,
S01 • E02 But then we didn't have wine on the table - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
But then we didn't have wine on the table
S01 • E03 A perfect sweet fig, fresh almond inside, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
A perfect sweet fig, fresh almond inside,
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: In 1952, the 31-year-old Highsmith - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
Richard narrates: In 1952, the 31-year-old Highsmith
S01 • E02 It's a whole change of attitude towards - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
It's a whole change of attitude towards
S01 • E03 I don't know if there's a gentlemanly or dainty way - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
I don't know if there's a gentlemanly or dainty wa...
S01 • E01 Highsmith's first novel, 'Strangers On A Train' - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Highsmith's first novel, 'Strangers On A Train...
S01 • E03 As you can see, I'm in my element here - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
As you can see, I'm in my element here
S01 • E01 But she was restless, and she and Ellen weren't getting along. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
But she was restless, and she and Ellen weren't getting...
S01 • E02 So I think Elizabeth David kind of came across - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
So I think Elizabeth David kind of came across
S01 • E03 A pursuit that never fails to gladden the spirits. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
A pursuit that never fails to gladden the spirits.
S01 • E01 From the window of the very room I'm staying in now, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
From the window of the very room I'm staying in now,
S01 • E03 Traipsing along, eyes wide for plunder, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Traipsing along, eyes wide for plunder,
S01 • E02 She sailed over here, I think, with a lover, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:16
She sailed over here, I think, with a lover,
S01 • E03 Somehow it breathes life into the embers - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Somehow it breathes life into the embers
S01 • E01 "There was an air of pensiveness about him, maybe unease. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"There was an air of pensiveness about him, maybe uneas...
S01 • E01 "Had he quarrelled with someone? What was on his mind?" - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
"Had he quarrelled with someone? What was on his mind?&...
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: It was the writer Norman Douglas, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Richard narrates: It was the writer Norman Douglas,
S01 • E01 Tom Ripley arrives from America completely lilywhite, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
Tom Ripley arrives from America completely lilywhite,