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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

It wasthe writer Norman Douglas, living in Antibes at the time, who introduced David to...

Richard narrates: It was
the writer Norman Douglas, living in Antibes at the time, who introduced David to the joys
of the Mediterranean diet during the six months
she was here

Full Transcript

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Richard narrates: It was the writer Norman Douglas,
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living in Antibes at the time,
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who introduced David to the joys of the Mediterranean diet
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during the six months she was here.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:49
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 • 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,
S01 • E03 So the way of life here is all around food, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
So the way of life here is all around food,
S01 • E02 - I think that's one of the joys of her writing, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
- I think that's one of the joys of her writing,
S01 • E02 You want those Mediterranean jugs, and, you know, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
You want those Mediterranean jugs, and, you know,
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: Ripley's envy of Dickie Greenleaf - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Richard narrates: Ripley's envy of Dickie Greenleaf
S01 • E03 Richard narrates: Sole and Conchi, the two cooks - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
Richard narrates: Sole and Conchi, the two cooks
S01 • E02 People read your books with this vast appetite - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
People read your books with this vast appetite
S01 • E01 In many ways, perhaps Highsmith - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
In many ways, perhaps Highsmith
S01 • E01 Like her fictional creation, she'd had a miserable childhood - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Like her fictional creation, she'd had a miserable chil...
S01 • E02 I mean, that's the nature of writing - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
I mean, that's the nature of writing
S01 • E03 - This is possibly one of the most traditional - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
- This is possibly one of the most traditional
S01 • E02 And she does it through vegetables and cooking, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
And she does it through vegetables and cooking,
S01 • E03 It's rabbit with sun-dried peppers and lots of garlic. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
It's rabbit with sun-dried peppers and lots of garlic.
S01 • E01 As Highsmith became increasingly misanthropic - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
As Highsmith became increasingly misanthropic
S01 • E03 And the reason it's most traditional - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
And the reason it's most traditional