Legacy of poet who inspired Robert Burns to be celebrated - Robert Fergusson wrote his most famous work, Auld Reikie, ... “The big figure who was deeply influenced by Fergusson is Robert Burns.

A “very rare” portrait of Robert Burns has sold for more than 160 times its estimated price of about £500. The picture, painted in the manner of Sir Henry Raeburn, fetched £84,320 (including ...

Robert Burns, one of Scotland’s most important literary figures, wrote of his mood swings and melancholia as “blue devilism”. Today, experts suggest it might be diagnosed as bipolar disorder.

There are more statues, monuments and memorials dedicated to Robert Burns than any other non-religious figure, after Queen Victoria and Christopher Columbus. Robert Burns was voted The Greatest ...

From the final stanza of Scots Wha Hae, which once served as Scotland’s unofficial national anthem, this poem celebrates the ...

Robert Burns—widely regarded as Scotland’s national poet—is a celebrated literary figure who inspired future writing greats including William Wordsworth, Mary Shelley, and John Steinbeck.He ...

The poet Robert Burns, ... Scotland’s national poet is considered a revolutionary figure, both in his homeland and beyond. Recommended. How to address your haggis, courtesy of Robert Burns; ...

More than two centuries have passed since the death of Robert Burns, but Scotland's most famous poet looks very much alive in a new animation created by a team of researchers in the U.K. Released ...

In his 2008 book, ‘Robert Burns the Patriot Bard’, Patrick Scott Hogg claims that during the autumn of 1791 things were so desperate that Burns’ doctor came to visit him 5 times in one week.

Scotland's national bard Robert "Rabbie" Burns is recognised worldwide for his songs and poems. He has a day named after him on 25 January which is marked internationally with Burns Suppers.

Burns ignored the advice, and he has since become one of Scotland’s most celebrated figures. The first-edition copy is on view at the Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries in Fife, Scotland ...

Ricky Ross: I've come to the cottage where Robert Burns was born in Alloway in Ayrshire to ask David Hopes, Director of the Burns Birthplace Museum, why Burns is still an important figure in ...