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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  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. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  10. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  11. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  12. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  13. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  14. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  15. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
  16. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  17. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  18. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
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