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Discovering New Words
Catriona and James share their favourite Scots and Gaelic words.
  1. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  10. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  11. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  12. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  13. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  14. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  15. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  16. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  17. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  18. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
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