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Taking Up Boxing
Nikesh takes up boxing to help him deal with difficult situations.
  1. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  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. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  10. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  11. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  12. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  13. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  14. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  15. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  16. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  17. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  18. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
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