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Stevenson's legacy is not only his extraordinary travelogue
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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Stevenson's legacy is not onlyhis extraordinary travelogue, but he's also accreditedwith...

Stevenson's legacy is not only
his extraordinary travelogue, but he's also accredited
with inventing the precursor
of the modern sleeping bag

Full Transcript

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Stevenson's legacy is not only his extraordinary travelogue,
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but he's also accredited with inventing
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the precursor of the modern sleeping bag.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:02
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 Richard: So this is the actual tunnel that's in the book - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Richard: So this is the actual tunnel that's in the boo...
S01 • E03 In his writing, there's a sense - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
In his writing, there's a sense
S01 • E01 - Exactly, this is the tunnel that separates - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
- Exactly, this is the tunnel that separates
S01 • E03 Yes, there is a number of poems where he... - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
Yes, there is a number of poems where he...
S01 • E02 "A sort of long roll, or sausage, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
"A sort of long roll, or sausage,
S01 • E03 ..you know, where he predicts his death. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
..you know, where he predicts his death.
S01 • E01 Their future careers, their dreams, their aspirations, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Their future careers, their dreams, their aspirations,
S01 • E03 And there is a very moving poem, two lines only... - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
And there is a very moving poem, two lines only...
S01 • E02 It's interesting that sleeping outside, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
It's interesting that sleeping outside,
S01 • E01 Everything inside the neighbourhood - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Everything inside the neighbourhood
S01 • E03 ..that says, "If I die, leave the balcony open." - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
..that says, "If I die, leave the balcony open."
S01 • E01 Exactly like all those Brooklyn to Manhattan New York novels. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Exactly like all those Brooklyn to Manhattan New York novels...
S01 • E02 "Night is a dead, monotonous period under a roof, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:23
"Night is a dead, monotonous period under a roof,
S01 • E03 Richard narrates: Lorca was shot - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Richard narrates: Lorca was shot
S01 • E01 Elena leaves and manages to make it as an author, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Elena leaves and manages to make it as an author,
S01 • E03 An estimated half a million people lost their lives - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
An estimated half a million people lost their lives
S01 • E01 "It was a long passage, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"It was a long passage,
S01 • E02 "I wished a companion to lie near me in the starlight, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:19
"I wished a companion to lie near me in the starlight,
S01 • E03 Many, like Lorca, left to rot in unmarked graves. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
Many, like Lorca, left to rot in unmarked graves.
S01 • E01 "When I think of the pleasure of being free, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"When I think of the pleasure of being free,