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Questions from Linlithgow Academy
Alan responds to questions from the pupils of Linlithgow Academy.
  1. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  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. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  10. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  11. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  12. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  13. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  14. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  15. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  16. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  17. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  18. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
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