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The origins of 'Lads'
Alan Bissett chats to presenter Nick Sheridan about how his book Lads came about.
  1. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  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. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  10. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  11. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  12. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  13. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  14. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  15. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  16. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  17. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  18. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
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