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The origins of 'Lads'
Alan Bissett chats to presenter Nick Sheridan about how his book Lads came about.
  1. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  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. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  11. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  12. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  13. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  14. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  15. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  16. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  17. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  18. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
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