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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  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. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  11. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  12. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  13. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  14. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  15. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  16. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  17. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  18. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
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