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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  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. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  10. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  11. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  12. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  13. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  14. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  15. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  16. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  17. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  18. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
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