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Ideas for books
Mia wants to know where Ross gets his ideas for writing books.
  1. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  10. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  11. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  12. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  13. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  14. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  15. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  16. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  17. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  18. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
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