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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. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  12. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  13. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  14. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  15. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  16. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  17. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  18. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  19. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  20. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
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