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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. Relationship Counsellor
    02:45
    Relationship Counsellor
  10. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  11. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  12. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  13. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  14. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  15. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  16. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  17. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  18. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
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