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Themes of The Infinite
Patience talks about the themes and ideas in The Infinite.
  1. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  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. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  10. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  11. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  12. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  13. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  14. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  15. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  16. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  17. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  18. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
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