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Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
Catriona and James explain why language is all about who we are.
  1. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  10. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  11. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  12. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  13. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  14. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  15. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  16. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  17. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  18. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
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