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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. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  10. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  11. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  12. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  13. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  14. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  15. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  16. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  17. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  18. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
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