Death was no barrier to writing poetry for a man of Robert Burns’s skills. At least, that’s what a group of spiritualists known as the Yorkshire Table Rappers believed. In the Victorian era ...

Burns repeated the verses to his brother the next afternoon as he was draining a field. In the poem, Death has time to sit and gossip with a ploughman, who is on his way home from a night of ...

In a letter to Dr John Moore, Burns intimates that 'The Death and Dying Words of Poor Maillie' is one of his earliest productions. The poem is first recorded in Burns's First Commonplace Book ...

Gilbert Burns in his edition of his brother's poetry cast doubt on the authenticity of this poem but the renowned Burns scholar James Kinsley later proved that it was indeed written by Burns.

Burns wrote much of his poetry in Scots ... than two centuries after his death. We still hold suppers in his memory. We still extol the virtues he espoused. Robert Burns left an extraordinary ...

Burns was also a lover of scotch whisky, with many of his poems ... Originate? Robert Burns died at the age of 37 in 1796. On July 21st, 1801, the fifth anniversary of Burns' death, a group ...

Several years after Burns’ death in 1796, Laing says his friends ... it’s a celebration of Scottish culture and Robert Burns’ poetry. His poetry really struck a chord in me,” says Laing.

The legacy of an 18th century poet said to have inspired Robert Burns and known for his famous poem about “Auld Reikie” is to be commemorated on the 250th anniversary of his death. Robert ...