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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"There are houses placed "as if a hurricane windhas whirled them there." Although Lorca's...

"There are houses placed "as if a hurricane wind
has whirled them there." Although Lorca's genius
is already apparent in Sketches of Spain, he had struggled at school,
preferring instead to roam around the city
he'd recently moved to, discovering
its ancient secrets

Full Transcript

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"There are houses placed
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"as if a hurricane wind has whirled them there."
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Although Lorca's genius is already apparent
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in Sketches of Spain,
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he had struggled at school, preferring instead
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to roam around the city he'd recently moved to,
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discovering its ancient secrets.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
63
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:33
Uploaded
May 22, 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 And when we are walking around, we can almost see the relics - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
And when we are walking around, we can almost see the relics
S01 • E02 Although, technically, mule is half donkey. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Although, technically, mule is half donkey.
S01 • E01 It's as though we are almost looking into - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
It's as though we are almost looking into
S01 • E02 And Stevenson's donkey was called Modestine, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
And Stevenson's donkey was called Modestine,
S01 • E01 But you can see that there was something - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
But you can see that there was something
S01 • E03 - Coming from a very small village, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
- Coming from a very small village,
S01 • E01 - That's my friend, Pasquale. - Yes, ciao bella! - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
- That's my friend, Pasquale. - Yes, ciao bella!
S01 • E01 [speaking in Italian] - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
[speaking in Italian]
S01 • E03 He was astonished when he came up to the Alhambra - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
He was astonished when he came up to the Alhambra
S01 • E02 "It was something as much slower than a walk, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"It was something as much slower than a walk,
S01 • E01 Sophia has a surprise in store - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Sophia has a surprise in store
S01 • E02 "It kept me hanging on each foot - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"It kept me hanging on each foot
S01 • E03 Richard narrates: Today, the great palace - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Richard narrates: Today, the great palace
S01 • E01 Pasquale's family have been managing this water stall, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Pasquale's family have been managing this water stall,
S01 • E02 "In five minutes, it exhausted the spirit - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
"In five minutes, it exhausted the spirit
S01 • E03 For eight centuries, from 711 AD, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
For eight centuries, from 711 AD,
S01 • E01 Traditionally, you'd find these in the markets - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
Traditionally, you'd find these in the markets
S01 • E01 And now they sell anything from wine to Coca-Cola - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
And now they sell anything from wine to Coca-Cola
S01 • E02 But speed wasn't the point for Stevenson, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
But speed wasn't the point for Stevenson,
S01 • E03 - The Moors, when the Christians came here, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
- The Moors, when the Christians came here,