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Introducing us to new historical figures
Catherine discusses discovering some of history's amazing, less well known figures.
  1. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
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  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
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  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
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  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
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  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
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  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
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  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
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  9. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  10. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  11. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  12. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  13. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  14. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  15. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  16. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  17. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  18. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
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