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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  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. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  11. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  12. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  13. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  14. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  15. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  16. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  17. Relationship Counsellor
    02:45
    Relationship Counsellor
  18. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
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