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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. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  10. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  11. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  12. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  13. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  14. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  15. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  16. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
  17. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  18. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
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