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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. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  10. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  11. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  12. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  13. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  14. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  15. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  16. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  17. Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
    05:38
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
  18. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
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