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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  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. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  10. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  11. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  12. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  13. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  14. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  15. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  16. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  17. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  18. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
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