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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Some of them were writers,like George Orwell and WH Auden, attractedto what was...

Some of them were writers,
like George Orwell and WH Auden, attracted
to what was essentially a war of ideologies rather than one fought
over territory

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Some of them were writers, like George Orwell
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and WH Auden, attracted to what was essentially
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a war of ideologies
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rather than one fought over territory.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:27
Uploaded
May 21, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 "A web work of wooden scaffolding - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"A web work of wooden scaffolding
S01 • E02 ..you feel and understand why painters and writers - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
..you feel and understand why painters and writers
S01 • E01 "The high walls acted to trap the noise of the crowd - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"The high walls acted to trap the noise of the crowd
S01 • E03 In 1937, Hemingway accepted an assignment - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
In 1937, Hemingway accepted an assignment
S01 • E02 ..for the last 200 years, or even before that. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
..for the last 200 years, or even before that.
S01 • E01 "The flutes and drums of the buskers, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"The flutes and drums of the buskers,
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: Some come to holiday, some never leave, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Richard narrates: Some come to holiday, some never leave,
S01 • E03 He made little attempt in his journalism - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
He made little attempt in his journalism
S01 • E02 A familiar face both on the big and small screens, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:22
A familiar face both on the big and small screens,
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: Francesca is taking me - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Richard narrates: Francesca is taking me
S01 • E03 The novel vividly describes the ruthlessness - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
The novel vividly describes the ruthlessness
S01 • E01 Richard: So the plot of Robert Harris's novel 'Pompeii' - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
Richard: So the plot of Robert Harris's novel 'Pom...
S01 • E03 An incident here, in this spot in Ronda, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
An incident here, in this spot in Ronda,
S01 • E01 He was really finding a thriller that was very well set - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:17
He was really finding a thriller that was very well set
S01 • E02 I'm hugely excited to be driving towards - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
I'm hugely excited to be driving towards
S01 • E03 "Pablo had them beaten to death with flails - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"Pablo had them beaten to death with flails
S01 • E03 "And in my life, never do I wish to see such a scene - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
"And in my life, never do I wish to see such a scene
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: It's a sort of double love story, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
Richard narrates: It's a sort of double love story,
S01 • E01 The aqueduct by Augustus the emperor, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
The aqueduct by Augustus the emperor,
S01 • E02 What's great is that it captures all the trials - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
What's great is that it captures all the trials