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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  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. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  10. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  11. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  12. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  13. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  14. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  15. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  16. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  17. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  18. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
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