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Stories are people
Alastair talks about how he loves stories about people
  1. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  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. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  13. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  14. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  15. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  16. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  17. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  18. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  19. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  20. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  21. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
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