Burns Night is celebrated every year on 25 January in honour of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns. The Ayrshire poet and lyricist died in 1796, at the age of 37, but he is still regarded as ...

It is widely believed that Robert Burns first came under the censure of the church in 1784-1785 owing to his affair with a servant girl Elizabeth Paton. This resulted in the birth of his first ...

Gerard Carruthers, Gerard Carruthers is Lecturer in Scottish Literature University of Glasgow. This book treats Burns' work from the first publication of his poetry in 178 to his song writing and ...

A baroque fiddle believed to have been played by Robert Burns will be performed live on stage in the United States for the first time. The Gregg fiddle, which was reportedly played by Scotland’s ...

It’s little surprise the birthday of poet Robert Burns, January 25, is still celebrated across the globe: his work has travelled extraordinary distances, far beyond the boundaries of dialect.

A white marble bust of Scotland's national poet Robert Burns is on the wall of Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey near the memorials to William Shakespeare and Scottish poet James Thomson. The ...