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Persistence
Think about giving up on your dream? Sometimes it's good to be persistent.
  1. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  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. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  10. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  11. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  12. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  13. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  14. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  15. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  16. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  17. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  18. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
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