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Favourite book
What are Alastair's favourite books?
  1. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  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. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  10. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  11. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  12. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  13. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  14. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  15. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  16. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  17. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  18. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
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