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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

For Hemingway, the bullringremained the perfect arena to explore the themesof death,...

For Hemingway, the bullring
remained the perfect arena to explore the themes
of death, bravery and risk-taking that were so central
to his writing

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For Hemingway, the bullring remained the perfect arena
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to explore the themes of death,
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bravery and risk-taking
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that were so central to his writing.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:47
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 There had been previous eruptions, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:18
There had been previous eruptions,
S01 • E02 "My hair has gone grey." - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"My hair has gone grey."
S01 • E03 "Bullfighting...", he wrote, "..is the only art - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:22
"Bullfighting...", he wrote, "..is the only a...
S01 • E02 Nothing like your Ma to tell you how it is. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
Nothing like your Ma to tell you how it is.
S01 • E02 Hopefully a restorative weekend on the Cote d'Azur - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Hopefully a restorative weekend on the Cote d'Azur
S01 • E01 Richard: "It was imposing for a provincial town - - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
Richard: "It was imposing for a provincial town -
S01 • E02 The moment you're here slightly beyond the season, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
The moment you're here slightly beyond the season,
S01 • E03 It's thought that when the civil war broke out - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
It's thought that when the civil war broke out
S01 • E01 "Three or four dozen statues of emperors and local worthies - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"Three or four dozen statues of emperors and local wort...
S01 • E02 And the quality of the light - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
And the quality of the light
S01 • E03 Some of them were writers, like George Orwell - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
Some of them were writers, like George Orwell
S01 • E02 ..you feel and understand why painters and writers - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
..you feel and understand why painters and writers
S01 • E01 "A web work of wooden scaffolding - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"A web work of wooden scaffolding
S01 • E01 "The high walls acted to trap the noise of the crowd - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"The high walls acted to trap the noise of the crowd
S01 • E03 In 1937, Hemingway accepted an assignment - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
In 1937, Hemingway accepted an assignment
S01 • E02 ..for the last 200 years, or even before that. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
..for the last 200 years, or even before that.
S01 • E01 "The flutes and drums of the buskers, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"The flutes and drums of the buskers,
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: Some come to holiday, some never leave, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Richard narrates: Some come to holiday, some never leave,
S01 • E03 He made little attempt in his journalism - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
He made little attempt in his journalism
S01 • E02 A familiar face both on the big and small screens, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:22
A familiar face both on the big and small screens,