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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"To come down off thisfeathered bed of civilisation "and find the globegranite underfoot...

"To come down off this
feathered bed of civilisation "and find the globe
granite underfoot "and strewn with cutting flints

Full Transcript

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"To come down off this feathered bed of civilisation
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"and find the globe granite underfoot
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"and strewn with cutting flints.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
56
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:00
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 • E03 He was in the side of the persecuted - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:21
He was in the side of the persecuted
S01 • E01 Yep. And then he's going to put - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Yep. And then he's going to put
S01 • E02 "Alas, as we get up in life - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:20
"Alas, as we get up in life
S01 • E01 And also, it's an aphrodisiac, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
And also, it's an aphrodisiac,
S01 • E03 Richard narrates: Lorca was particularly drawn - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Richard narrates: Lorca was particularly drawn
S01 • E02 "And when the present is so exacting, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
"And when the present is so exacting,
S01 • E03 In the 16th century, Jews, Muslims and Romani people - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
In the 16th century, Jews, Muslims and Romani people
S01 • E02 Come on! Are you on the move now? There you go! - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
Come on! Are you on the move now? There you go!
S01 • E01 [Pasquale speaks in Italian] - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
[Pasquale speaks in Italian]
S01 • E03 Here, Lorca could immerse himself - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
Here, Lorca could immerse himself
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: If I can just keep my stomach - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Richard narrates: If I can just keep my stomach
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: Adam Thorpe - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Richard narrates: Adam Thorpe
S01 • E03 "Oh, city of the gypsies, corners hung with banners, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
"Oh, city of the gypsies, corners hung with banners,
S01 • E01 Now a major TV series as well as one of the most extraordinary - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:21
Now a major TV series as well as one of the most extraordina...
S01 • E03 "Oh, city of gypsies, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"Oh, city of gypsies,
S01 • E02 He's lived in the area for 30 years, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
He's lived in the area for 30 years,
S01 • E03 "City of musk and sorrow, city of cinnamon towers. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"City of musk and sorrow, city of cinnamon towers.
S01 • E03 "As the night was coming, the night so nightly night, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
"As the night was coming, the night so nightly night,
S01 • E02 We met in the picturesque town of Saint-Jean-du-Gard, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
We met in the picturesque town of Saint-Jean-du-Gard,
S01 • E01 Although 'Ferrante' is a pseudonym - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Although 'Ferrante' is a pseudonym