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Persistence
Think about giving up on your dream? Sometimes it's good to be persistent.
  1. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  13. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  14. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  15. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  16. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
    04:07
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
  17. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  18. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  19. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  20. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  21. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
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