To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
So he says,
Please log in to add to collections.
Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

So he says,"It was like coming down "off the feather bedof civilisation." Yes, that's a...

So he says,
"It was like coming down "off the feather bed
of civilisation." Yes, that's a wonderful,
very famous phrase

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.241
- So he says, "It was like coming down
00:00:03.345 --> 00:00:05.966
"off the feather bed of civilisation."
00:00:06.069 --> 00:00:08.724
Yes, that's a wonderful, very famous phrase.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:14
Uploaded
May 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Storyvault Films

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

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 While some of the Ferrante's characters worked - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:15
While some of the Ferrante's characters worked
S01 • E02 What you sense is that this experience, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
What you sense is that this experience,
S01 • E02 It's not something he's dreaming up - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
It's not something he's dreaming up
S01 • E02 It's a real challenge for him, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
It's a real challenge for him,
S01 • E01 - So, we are in the Rione Luzzatti, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
- So, we are in the Rione Luzzatti,
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: But for Stevenson, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Richard narrates: But for Stevenson,
S01 • E01 Quite isolated from the hubbub of the city centre. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
Quite isolated from the hubbub of the city centre.
S01 • E01 And this is where Ferrante decided to set her books, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
And this is where Ferrante decided to set her books,
S01 • E02 While Cevennes' Protestant culture was clearly something - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:19
While Cevennes' Protestant culture was clearly somethin...
S01 • E01 Now, in the books, the neighbourhood - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
Now, in the books, the neighbourhood
S01 • E03 Richard narrates: Hearing Lorca's words - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Richard narrates: Hearing Lorca's words
S01 • E01 We know that there were parish gardens, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
We know that there were parish gardens,
S01 • E03 This Spanish word that is heightened emotion, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
This Spanish word that is heightened emotion,
S01 • E01 And so, as she describes, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
And so, as she describes,
S01 • E02 By the time he made this trip, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
By the time he made this trip,
S01 • E01 It's cornered off by the railway and the road - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
It's cornered off by the railway and the road
S01 • E02 So, when halfway through his journey - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
So, when halfway through his journey
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: The Rione Luzzatti - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Richard narrates: The Rione Luzzatti
S01 • E01 A world away from the bustling market - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
A world away from the bustling market
S01 • E02 He approached this Trappist monastery - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
He approached this Trappist monastery