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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  10. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  11. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  12. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  13. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  14. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  15. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  16. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  17. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  18. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
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