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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

But Laurie Lee's accountis a poignant reminder of this city's turbulent past, and was...

But Laurie Lee's account
is a poignant reminder of this city's turbulent past, and was particularly valuable, given that it was
published at a time when Spanish authors
were still unable to write about the war

Full Transcript

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But Laurie Lee's account is a poignant reminder
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of this city's turbulent past,
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and was particularly valuable,
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given that it was published at a time
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when Spanish authors were still unable to write
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about the war.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:17
Uploaded
May 21, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 It has more than 1,000 years. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
It has more than 1,000 years.
S01 • E01 - Well, you have to figure out that when Carlo Levi was here, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:16
- Well, you have to figure out that when Carlo Levi was here...
S01 • E02 Dominique, you give tours of the main locations - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:15
Dominique, you give tours of the main locations
S01 • E03 It wasn't until Franco's government - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
It wasn't until Franco's government
S01 • E01 And even the frescoes were covered by layers of dust. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
And even the frescoes were covered by layers of dust.
S01 • E02 Sometimes yes, but I understand why, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:19
Sometimes yes, but I understand why,
S01 • E01 Across the '50s and '60s and '70s, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:17
Across the '50s and '60s and '70s,
S01 • E03 Nowhere more so than the stretch of coastline - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Nowhere more so than the stretch of coastline
S01 • E03 As cheap package holidays brought the dream - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
As cheap package holidays brought the dream
S01 • E02 What drew Jean-Baptiste Grenouille - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
What drew Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: In 1993, the city received a boost - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:17
Richard narrates: In 1993, the city received a boost
S01 • E03 Of the 300,000 or so British ex-pats - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Of the 300,000 or so British ex-pats
S01 • E02 - He was looking for familiar places, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:18
- He was looking for familiar places,
S01 • E03 Manicured, pedicured and landscaped - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
Manicured, pedicured and landscaped
S01 • E01 Michele Centonze works at the Hotel Sextantio, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
Michele Centonze works at the Hotel Sextantio,
S01 • E02 The smell of the trade, of the shops, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
The smell of the trade, of the shops,
S01 • E03 And when the English author JG Ballard came here - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:19
And when the English author JG Ballard came here
S01 • E01 - The owner, he's a philosopher, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:21
- The owner, he's a philosopher,
S01 • E02 And starting from the place of the tanning process. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
And starting from the place of the tanning process.
S01 • E03 Born in 1930, Ballard had won acclaim - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
Born in 1930, Ballard had won acclaim