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The origins of 'Lads'
Alan Bissett chats to presenter Nick Sheridan about how his book Lads came about.
  1. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  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. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  10. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  11. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  12. Chae is Dr Who
    05:39
    Chae is Dr Who
  13. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  14. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  15. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  16. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  17. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  18. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
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