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The origins of 'Lads'
Alan Bissett chats to presenter Nick Sheridan about how his book Lads came about.
  1. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  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. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  10. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  11. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  12. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  13. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  14. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  15. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  16. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  17. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  18. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
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