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School Questions
Cressida answers questions from Netherburn pupils and from watching schools.
  1. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  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. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  10. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  11. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  12. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  13. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  14. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  15. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  16. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  17. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  18. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
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