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Final thoughts
What would Alan like readers to take away from Lads?
  1. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  13. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  14. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  15. School days
    03:57
    School days
  16. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  17. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  18. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  19. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  20. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  21. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
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