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Traipsing along, eyes wide for plunder
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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

Traipsing along,eyes wide for plunder, there's an instinctivegleefulness and...

Traipsing along,
eyes wide for plunder, there's an instinctive
gleefulness and naturalness
that is hard to beat

Full Transcript

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Traipsing along, eyes wide for plunder,
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there's an instinctive gleefulness
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and naturalness that is hard to beat.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:28
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 • E02 She sailed over here, I think, with a lover, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:16
She sailed over here, I think, with a lover,
S01 • E03 Somehow it breathes life into the embers - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Somehow it breathes life into the embers
S01 • E01 "There was an air of pensiveness about him, maybe unease. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"There was an air of pensiveness about him, maybe uneas...
S01 • E01 "Had he quarrelled with someone? What was on his mind?" - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
"Had he quarrelled with someone? What was on his mind?&...
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: It was the writer Norman Douglas, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Richard narrates: It was the writer Norman Douglas,
S01 • E01 Tom Ripley arrives from America completely lilywhite, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
Tom Ripley arrives from America completely lilywhite,
S01 • E02 When she returned to austerity Britain - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
When she returned to austerity Britain
S01 • E03 We make a traditional pork and bean and fennel stew - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
We make a traditional pork and bean and fennel stew
S01 • E03 And then it's eaten as a communal meal, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
And then it's eaten as a communal meal,
S01 • E02 She set about recording some of the recipes - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
She set about recording some of the recipes
S01 • E01 And doesn't have the money, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
And doesn't have the money,
S01 • E03 So the way of life here is all around food, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
So the way of life here is all around food,
S01 • E02 - I think that's one of the joys of her writing, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
- I think that's one of the joys of her writing,
S01 • E02 You want those Mediterranean jugs, and, you know, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
You want those Mediterranean jugs, and, you know,
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: Ripley's envy of Dickie Greenleaf - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Richard narrates: Ripley's envy of Dickie Greenleaf
S01 • E03 Richard narrates: Sole and Conchi, the two cooks - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
Richard narrates: Sole and Conchi, the two cooks
S01 • E02 People read your books with this vast appetite - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
People read your books with this vast appetite
S01 • E01 In many ways, perhaps Highsmith - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
In many ways, perhaps Highsmith
S01 • E01 Like her fictional creation, she'd had a miserable childhood - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Like her fictional creation, she'd had a miserable chil...
S01 • E02 I mean, that's the nature of writing - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
I mean, that's the nature of writing