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Favourite book
What are Alastair's favourite books?
  1. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  2. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  7. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  8. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  9. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  10. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  11. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  12. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  13. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  14. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  15. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
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