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Writing historical fiction
How do you write about people who lived long ago?
  1. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  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. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  10. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  11. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  12. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  13. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  14. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  15. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  16. Comics
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    Comics
  17. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  18. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
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