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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. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  10. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  11. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  12. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  13. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  14. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  15. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  16. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
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    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  18. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
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