On January 25th, Scots and those with Scottish cultural connections will gather to celebrate Burns Night – an annual holiday that honors the life and legacy of Scotland's National Bard, Robert ...
For some of you sitting here, this may be your first experience of a Burns supper. Maybe even your first exposure to Scottish ...
Ewan Kennedy explores the connections between our national bard and our other national language. In Ayrshire, Gaelic had ...
With Burns Night just around the corner, the Daily Record has taken a look into the history of haggis and why it is traditionally served on January 25 in honour of the bard.
Musing over the haggis, coaxed down with a friendly single malt, David J Black shares his thoughts on why it is that so many Scots have a bizarre love-hate relationship with that man from Ayrshire.
A group of men intent on retrieving the poet’s skull gathered close to the Burns Mausoleum in Dumfries at 7pm one night in late March, 1834. With too many people on the streets of town at that time, ...
as they honour the life and legacy of Robert Burns, widely regarded as Scotland’s greatest poet. Celebrated on Burns’s birthday, this special day is marked with traditional Scottish fare and ...
Burns Night is a celebration of the life of the bard Robert Burns, his Scottish poetry, legacy and contribution to Scottish culture. Born in Ayrshire, Burns is not only regarded as Scotland’s ...