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We are all storytellers
Everyone has got some stories to tell, it's just about knowing how to tell them
  1. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  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. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  10. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  11. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  12. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  13. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  14. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  15. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  16. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  17. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  18. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
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