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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. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  10. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  11. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  12. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  13. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  14. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  15. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  16. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  17. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  18. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
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