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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. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  10. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  11. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  12. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  13. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  14. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  15. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  16. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  17. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  18. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
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