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Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
Catriona and James explain why language is all about who we are.
  1. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  12. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  13. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  14. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  15. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  16. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  17. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  18. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  19. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  20. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
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