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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Stevenson chosethis area to travel because it was cheap, and he could undertake a...

[own accent] Stevenson chose
this area to travel because it was cheap, and he could undertake a walk
with many physical challenges, without creature comforts, where he could be
at one with nature and have time to think,
reflect, and to write

Full Transcript

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[own accent] Stevenson chose this area to travel
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because it was cheap,
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and he could undertake a walk with many physical challenges,
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without creature comforts,
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where he could be at one with nature
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and have time to think, reflect, and to write.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
70
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:36
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 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
S01 • E02 It was an area that offered exactly the kind of experience - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
It was an area that offered exactly the kind of experience
S01 • E01 Each of these cultures and people have left their mark - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Each of these cultures and people have left their mark
S01 • E03 "There are houses placed - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:19
"There are houses placed
S01 • E01 And when we are walking around, we can almost see the relics - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
And when we are walking around, we can almost see the relics
S01 • E02 Although, technically, mule is half donkey. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Although, technically, mule is half donkey.
S01 • E01 It's as though we are almost looking into - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
It's as though we are almost looking into
S01 • E02 And Stevenson's donkey was called Modestine, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
And Stevenson's donkey was called Modestine,
S01 • E01 But you can see that there was something - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
But you can see that there was something
S01 • E03 - Coming from a very small village, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
- Coming from a very small village,