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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

I have to admit,when I received as a present the Robert Harris book,I was quite puzzled...

I have to admit,
when I received as a present the Robert Harris book,
I was quite puzzled and annoyed

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I have to admit, when I received as a present
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the Robert Harris book, I was quite puzzled and annoyed.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:57
Uploaded
May 21, 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 ..gentleness in the way that he moves, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
..gentleness in the way that he moves,
S01 • E02 The advantage of reading a book in the place - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
The advantage of reading a book in the place
S01 • E02 You get the 360-degree, three-dimensional impact - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:15
You get the 360-degree, three-dimensional impact
S01 • E03 And my father took me to see a bullfight in 1969 - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:24
And my father took me to see a bullfight in 1969
S01 • E01 This is an amazing book because - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
This is an amazing book because
S01 • E02 So it's really hypnotic. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
So it's really hypnotic.
S01 • E02 Plus, to be in the locale where the book is set, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Plus, to be in the locale where the book is set,
S01 • E01 How much of Pliny's information - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
How much of Pliny's information
S01 • E01 Even if I have to say that Pliny was, on the one end, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
Even if I have to say that Pliny was, on the one end,
S01 • E03 Erm, if you're not brought up - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Erm, if you're not brought up
S01 • E03 ..that's the tradition and culture - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
..that's the tradition and culture
S01 • E01 They had no idea it was a volcano. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
They had no idea it was a volcano.
S01 • E01 They just called it 'the mountain', - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
They just called it 'the mountain',
S01 • E02 I Skyped with my mother the other day and she said, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
I Skyped with my mother the other day and she said,
S01 • E03 For Hemingway, the bullring remained the perfect arena - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
For Hemingway, the bullring remained the perfect arena
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