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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. 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. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  10. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  11. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  12. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  13. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  14. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  15. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  16. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  17. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  18. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
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