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Questions from West Calder High School
Pupils from West Calder High School in West Lothian put their questions to Alan.
  1. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  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. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  10. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  11. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  12. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  13. Down Behind The Dustbin
    02:41
    Down Behind The Dustbin
  14. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  15. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  16. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  17. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  18. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
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