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Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
James tells us why he thinks there’s such enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic in schools.
  1. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  2. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  14. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  15. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  16. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  17. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  18. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  19. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  20. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  21. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  22. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
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