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Final thoughts
What would Alan like readers to take away from Lads?
  1. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  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. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  10. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  11. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  12. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  13. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  14. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  15. Down Behind The Dustbin
    02:41
    Down Behind The Dustbin
  16. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  17. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  18. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
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