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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  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. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  10. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  11. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  12. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  13. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  14. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  15. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  16. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  17. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  18. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
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