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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  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. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  10. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  11. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  12. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  13. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  14. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  15. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  16. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  17. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  18. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
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