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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. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  10. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  11. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  12. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  13. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  14. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  15. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  16. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  17. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  18. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
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