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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

In 1952,the 31-year-old Highsmith had been travelling throughEurope with her girlfriend,...

Richard narrates: In 1952,
the 31-year-old Highsmith had been travelling through
Europe with her girlfriend, the sociologist
Ellen Blumenthal Hill, when they arrived in Positano

Full Transcript

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Richard narrates: In 1952, the 31-year-old Highsmith
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had been travelling through Europe with her girlfriend,
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the sociologist Ellen Blumenthal Hill,
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when they arrived in Positano.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:00
Uploaded
May 22, 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 • E02 It's a whole change of attitude towards - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
It's a whole change of attitude towards
S01 • E03 I don't know if there's a gentlemanly or dainty way - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
I don't know if there's a gentlemanly or dainty wa...
S01 • E01 Highsmith's first novel, 'Strangers On A Train' - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Highsmith's first novel, 'Strangers On A Train...
S01 • E03 As you can see, I'm in my element here - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
As you can see, I'm in my element here
S01 • E02 So I think Elizabeth David kind of came across - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
So I think Elizabeth David kind of came across
S01 • E01 But she was restless, and she and Ellen weren't getting along. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
But she was restless, and she and Ellen weren't getting...
S01 • E03 A pursuit that never fails to gladden the spirits. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
A pursuit that never fails to gladden the spirits.
S01 • E01 From the window of the very room I'm staying in now, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
From the window of the very room I'm staying in now,
S01 • E03 Traipsing along, eyes wide for plunder, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Traipsing along, eyes wide for plunder,
S01 • E02 She sailed over here, I think, with a lover, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:16
She sailed over here, I think, with a lover,
S01 • E03 Somehow it breathes life into the embers - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Somehow it breathes life into the embers
S01 • E01 "There was an air of pensiveness about him, maybe unease. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"There was an air of pensiveness about him, maybe uneas...
S01 • E01 "Had he quarrelled with someone? What was on his mind?" - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
"Had he quarrelled with someone? What was on his mind?&...
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: It was the writer Norman Douglas, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Richard narrates: It was the writer Norman Douglas,
S01 • E01 Tom Ripley arrives from America completely lilywhite, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
Tom Ripley arrives from America completely lilywhite,
S01 • E02 When she returned to austerity Britain - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
When she returned to austerity Britain
S01 • E03 We make a traditional pork and bean and fennel stew - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
We make a traditional pork and bean and fennel stew
S01 • E03 And then it's eaten as a communal meal, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
And then it's eaten as a communal meal,
S01 • E02 She set about recording some of the recipes - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
She set about recording some of the recipes
S01 • E01 And doesn't have the money, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
And doesn't have the money,