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The life of Matthew Henson
Matthew Henson was a black polar explorer who is little known in the UK.
  1. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  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. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  10. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  11. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  12. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  13. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  14. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  15. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  16. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  17. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  18. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
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