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Book Introduction
Nikesh talks about why he had written his book, The Boxer.
  1. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  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. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  10. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  11. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  12. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  13. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  14. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  15. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  16. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  17. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  18. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
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