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Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
Catriona and James explain why language is all about who we are.
  1. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
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    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
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    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
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    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
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    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. How do you come up with names for your characters?
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    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  12. Keeping Up With Michael
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    Keeping Up With Michael
  13. School days
    03:57
    School days
  14. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  15. Favourite book
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    Favourite book
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  17. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  18. Manjeet’s writing process
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    Manjeet’s writing process
  19. How to draw a blobfish
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  20. Ideas and inspirational teachers
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