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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  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. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  10. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  11. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  12. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  13. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  14. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  15. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  16. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  17. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  18. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
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