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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. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  10. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  11. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  12. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  13. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  14. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  15. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  16. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  17. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  18. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
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