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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. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  10. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  11. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  12. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  13. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  14. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  15. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  16. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  17. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  18. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
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