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Stories are people
Alastair talks about how he loves stories about people
  1. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  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. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  10. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  11. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  12. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  13. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  14. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  15. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  16. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  17. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  18. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
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