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Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
Catriona and James explain why language is all about who we are.
  1. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  2. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  8. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  9. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  10. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  11. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  12. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  13. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  14. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  15. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  16. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
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