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The origins of 'Lads'
Alan Bissett chats to presenter Nick Sheridan about how his book Lads came about.
  1. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  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. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  10. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  11. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  12. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  13. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  14. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  15. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  16. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  17. A question from Blake
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    A question from Blake
  18. A first science fiction novel
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