Author Elizabeth Sharland visits the homes of authors, actors and composers, and muses on settings in which their creative work was done. She visits: George Sand's home in Nohant, Maugham, Ivor Novello (London), Puccini in Lake Lago, Coward in Jamaica, G.B. Shaw in Ayot St. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield in Menton, Paul Bowles in Morocco and Lady Gregory in County Galway.