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Stories are people
Alastair talks about how he loves stories about people
  1. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  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. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  10. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  11. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  12. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  13. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  14. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  15. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  16. Relationship Behaviour
    01:57
    Relationship Behaviour
  17. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
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