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Stories are people
Alastair talks about how he loves stories about people
  1. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  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 did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  10. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  11. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  12. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  13. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  14. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  15. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  16. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  17. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  18. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
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