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Questions from Linlithgow Academy
Alan responds to questions from the pupils of Linlithgow Academy.
  1. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  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. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  10. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  11. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  12. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  13. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  14. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  15. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  16. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  17. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  18. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
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