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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  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. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  12. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  13. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  14. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  15. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  16. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  17. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  18. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  19. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  20. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
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