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Room on the Broom in Scots
James Robertson reads his version of the Julia Donaldson classic in Scots.
  1. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  2. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  14. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  15. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  16. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  17. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  18. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  19. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  20. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  21. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  22. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
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