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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"Here, then, I struckleftward and pursued my way, "driving my secular donkeybefore me "and...

"Here, then, I struck
leftward and pursued my way, "driving my secular donkey
before me "and creaking
in my secular boots "and gaiters towards
the asylum of silence." "I had not gone very far
'ere the wind brought to me "the clanging of a bell, "and somehow,
I can scarce tell why, "my heart sank within me
at the sound

Full Transcript

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"Here, then, I struck leftward and pursued my way,
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"driving my secular donkey before me
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"and creaking in my secular boots
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"and gaiters towards the asylum of silence."
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"I had not gone very far 'ere the wind brought to me
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"the clanging of a bell,
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"and somehow, I can scarce tell why,
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"my heart sank within me at the sound.
Duration
26 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:02
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 • E03 And he was painting - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
And he was painting
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: Maurizio Pagano was born - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Richard narrates: Maurizio Pagano was born
S01 • E03 And, of course, he was creating in this same desk - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
And, of course, he was creating in this same desk
S01 • E01 From the top of the building where he lives, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
From the top of the building where he lives,
S01 • E02 "I have rarely approached anything - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
"I have rarely approached anything
S01 • E03 Richard narrates: "I'm afraid of being on this shore - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:15
Richard narrates: "I'm afraid of being on this sho...
S01 • E02 The actual building where Stevenson stayed - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
The actual building where Stevenson stayed
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: "Beyond the stradone - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Richard narrates: "Beyond the stradone
S01 • E01 "To the right was a strip of treeless countryside - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"To the right was a strip of treeless countryside
S01 • E02 Today, a handful of monks still live here, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
Today, a handful of monks still live here,
S01 • E03 During the 1930s, Spanish politics - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
During the 1930s, Spanish politics
S01 • E01 "But if you climbed up to - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
"But if you climbed up to
S01 • E03 Tensions intensified between left-wing Republicans - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Tensions intensified between left-wing Republicans
S01 • E01 "A blue mountain with one low peak and one a little higher - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:16
"A blue mountain with one low peak and one a little hig...
S01 • E03 Despite coming from a wealthy family, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Despite coming from a wealthy family,
S01 • E03 "I will always be on the side of those who have nothing", - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
"I will always be on the side of those who have nothing...
S01 • E03 Aware of the danger his outspoken liberal views - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Aware of the danger his outspoken liberal views
S01 • E01 [speaking Italian] - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
[speaking Italian]
S01 • E02 When Stevenson was here, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
When Stevenson was here,
S01 • E03 But three days before civil war broke out - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
But three days before civil war broke out