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When I grew up, the only olive oil we had
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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

When I grew up,the only olive oil we had was in the cupboardin the bathroom and it was...

When I grew up,
the only olive oil we had was in the cupboard
in the bathroom and it was about this size,
the bottle

Full Transcript

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When I grew up, the only olive oil we had
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was in the cupboard in the bathroom
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and it was about this size, the bottle.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:37
Uploaded
May 21, 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 You dry your tomatoes, you dry your peppers - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
You dry your tomatoes, you dry your peppers
S01 • E01 And not only that, Highsmith herself was inspired - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
And not only that, Highsmith herself was inspired
S01 • E03 But what they do with a dried fig, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
But what they do with a dried fig,
S01 • E02 I mean, it's extraordinary to think about it now, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
I mean, it's extraordinary to think about it now,
S01 • E02 But then we didn't have wine on the table - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
But then we didn't have wine on the table
S01 • E03 A perfect sweet fig, fresh almond inside, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
A perfect sweet fig, fresh almond inside,
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: In 1952, the 31-year-old Highsmith - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
Richard narrates: In 1952, the 31-year-old Highsmith
S01 • E02 It's a whole change of attitude towards - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
It's a whole change of attitude towards
S01 • E03 I don't know if there's a gentlemanly or dainty way - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
I don't know if there's a gentlemanly or dainty wa...
S01 • E01 Highsmith's first novel, 'Strangers On A Train' - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Highsmith's first novel, 'Strangers On A Train...
S01 • E03 As you can see, I'm in my element here - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
As you can see, I'm in my element here
S01 • E02 So I think Elizabeth David kind of came across - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
So I think Elizabeth David kind of came across
S01 • E01 But she was restless, and she and Ellen weren't getting along. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
But she was restless, and she and Ellen weren't getting...
S01 • E03 A pursuit that never fails to gladden the spirits. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
A pursuit that never fails to gladden the spirits.
S01 • E01 From the window of the very room I'm staying in now, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
From the window of the very room I'm staying in now,
S01 • E03 Traipsing along, eyes wide for plunder, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Traipsing along, eyes wide for plunder,
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?&...