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Themes of The Infinite
Patience talks about the themes and ideas in The Infinite.
  1. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  12. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  13. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  14. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  15. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  16. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  17. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  18. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  19. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  20. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
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