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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. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  10. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  11. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  12. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  13. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  14. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  15. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  16. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  17. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  18. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
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