Anne Reevell, Literary Tourism, The Mysteries of Lisbon

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Philip Dodd speaks to the filmmaker Anne Reevell who has had a ringside seat in history, travelling to Libya - as revolution broke out - with a group of British-based Libyan ex-pats. Anne's three-part documentary charts the volunteers' advance into Libya. Hungry to be involved in their country's uprising, they faced danger and adventure along the way. Literary tourism took centre stage during the Victorian period when places like Haworth House, home to the Bronte sisters, become a place of pilgrimage for readers. Many writers' homes and birthplaces have similarly become sites for fans to pay homage to their heroes. But commemorating writers in this way can be as much a work of fiction as the writers' own creations were. Professor Simon Goldhill and writer Lucasta Miller take a look behind the scenes of some of the most popular literary tourist destinations. And Ian Christie reviews 'The Mysteries of Lisbon', a film set in nineteenth century Portugal, by, arguably, Chile's greatest director.