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Taking Up Boxing
Nikesh takes up boxing to help him deal with difficult situations.
  1. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  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. Draw along
    10:28
    Draw along
  10. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  11. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  12. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  13. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  14. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  15. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  16. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  17. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  18. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
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