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Favourite book
What are Alastair's favourite books?
  1. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  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. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  10. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  11. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  12. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  13. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  14. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  15. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  16. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  17. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  18. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
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