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So when Elizabeth David first came here
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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

So when Elizabeth Davidfirst came here, there was still rationingin place, so olive oil...

So when Elizabeth David
first came here, there was still rationing
in place, so olive oil and garlic
and all of those things - just weren't available.
- I'd forgotten this

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So when Elizabeth David first came here,
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there was still rationing in place, so olive oil
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and garlic and all of those things
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- just weren't available. - I'd forgotten this.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:29
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 "They were enjoying a perfectly ordinary day - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:17
"They were enjoying a perfectly ordinary day
S01 • E03 Most of the traditions here are to do with - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Most of the traditions here are to do with
S01 • E02 When I grew up, the only olive oil we had - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
When I grew up, the only olive oil we had
S01 • E03 You dry your tomatoes, you dry your peppers - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
You dry your tomatoes, you dry your peppers
S01 • E01 And not only that, Highsmith herself was inspired - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
And not only that, Highsmith herself was inspired
S01 • E03 But what they do with a dried fig, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
But what they do with a dried fig,
S01 • E02 I mean, it's extraordinary to think about it now, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
I mean, it's extraordinary to think about it now,
S01 • E02 But then we didn't have wine on the table - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
But then we didn't have wine on the table
S01 • E03 A perfect sweet fig, fresh almond inside, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
A perfect sweet fig, fresh almond inside,
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: In 1952, the 31-year-old Highsmith - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
Richard narrates: In 1952, the 31-year-old Highsmith
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,