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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. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  10. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  11. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  12. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  13. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  14. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  15. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  16. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  17. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
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