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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Gay at a timewhen homophobia was rife and fascism was on the rise, he could never...

Gay at a time
when homophobia was rife and fascism was on the rise, he could never acknowledge
his sexuality and his books were banned
until 1953 and censored until 1975

Full Transcript

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Gay at a time when homophobia was rife
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and fascism was on the rise,
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he could never acknowledge his sexuality
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and his books were banned until 1953
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and censored until 1975.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
56
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:02
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 • E02 [Scottish accent] "I have been after an adventure - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
[Scottish accent] "I have been after an adventure
S01 • E02 "A pure, dispassionate adventure, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:15
"A pure, dispassionate adventure,
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: Journalist Sophia Seymour - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Richard narrates: Journalist Sophia Seymour
S01 • E03 Lorca's love affair with Granada - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Lorca's love affair with Granada
S01 • E01 ..and taking Ferrante fans to places related to the books. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
..and taking Ferrante fans to places related to the books.
S01 • E02 "An inland castaway was to find a fraction - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
"An inland castaway was to find a fraction
S01 • E03 "If, by the grace of God, I become famous...", - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
"If, by the grace of God, I become famous...",
S01 • E02 [own accent] Stevenson chose this area to travel - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:18
[own accent] Stevenson chose this area to travel
S01 • E01 I thought, well, I want to do something - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
I thought, well, I want to do something
S01 • E03 Lorca's Sketches of Spain and Selected Poems - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
Lorca's Sketches of Spain and Selected Poems
S01 • E01 [dog barking] - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
[dog barking]
S01 • E03 Sketches of Spain was Lorca's first book - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Sketches of Spain was Lorca's first book
S01 • E01 - Can you give me a bird's eye history of Naples? - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
- Can you give me a bird's eye history of Naples?
S01 • E03 Although prose, it's clear that he was destined - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Although prose, it's clear that he was destined
S01 • E01 Yeah, well, Naples is an extraordinary place - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:20
Yeah, well, Naples is an extraordinary place
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: The Cevennes is still one of France's wildest - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Richard narrates: The Cevennes is still one of France's...
S01 • E03 Here's how he describes the Moorish quarter, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Here's how he describes the Moorish quarter,
S01 • E02 In the 19th century, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
In the 19th century,
S01 • E03 "The streets are narrow, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"The streets are narrow,
S01 • E03 "Undulating tentacles that twist and turn capriciously - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
"Undulating tentacles that twist and turn capriciously