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Alastair’s influences
Alastair discusses the books and authors that inspired him
  1. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  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. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  10. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  11. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  12. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  13. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  14. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  15. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  16. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  17. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  18. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
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