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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. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  10. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  11. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  12. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  13. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  14. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  15. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  16. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  17. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  18. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
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