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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  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. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  10. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  11. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  12. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  13. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  14. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  15. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  16. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  17. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  18. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
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