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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

In 1934, the writerLaurie Lee, like Hemingway, began a lifelong love affairwith this...

In 1934, the writer
Laurie Lee, like Hemingway, began a lifelong love affair
with this country

Full Transcript

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In 1934, the writer Laurie Lee, like Hemingway,
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began a lifelong love affair with this country.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:19
Uploaded
May 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary
Production
Storyvault Films

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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 ..towards Matera, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
..towards Matera,
S01 • E03 Lee set out from a small village in Gloucestershire, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Lee set out from a small village in Gloucestershire,
S01 • E02 From taste to smell, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
From taste to smell,
S01 • E01 Where you go from incredible wealth in the north - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Where you go from incredible wealth in the north
S01 • E03 His great walk across Spain - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
His great walk across Spain
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: Matera is 162 miles south-east - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Richard narrates: Matera is 162 miles south-east
S01 • E02 I've been led by my nose all my life, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
I've been led by my nose all my life,
S01 • E02 So much so that when I was 12 years old, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
So much so that when I was 12 years old,
S01 • E01 Despite being named European City of Culture in 2019, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Despite being named European City of Culture in 2019,
S01 • E01 And what's particularly intriguing - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
And what's particularly intriguing
S01 • E02 It took me 56 years to create my own - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
It took me 56 years to create my own
S01 • E03 Lee began his extraordinary journey on foot, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Lee began his extraordinary journey on foot,
S01 • E02 The second is Patrick Suskind's 'Perfume' novel. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
The second is Patrick Suskind's 'Perfume' nov...
S01 • E03 And his journey is recorded - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
And his journey is recorded
S01 • E01 Carlo Levi's compelling memoir of his time spent in this area - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Carlo Levi's compelling memoir of his time spent in thi...
S01 • E02 It's the best description of scent - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
It's the best description of scent
S01 • E03 So, "It was 1934, I was 19 years old, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
So, "It was 1934, I was 19 years old,
S01 • E01 Richard: In the mid-1930s, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
Richard: In the mid-1930s,
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: Published in 1985, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
Richard narrates: Published in 1985,
S01 • E03 "I carried a small rolled-up tent, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
"I carried a small rolled-up tent,