THE legacy of Robert Burns is alive and well in the Irvine area after a special contest by primary school pupils.

One in five (20%) believe classic love poetry only focuses on hetero-romantic love, while 60% claim the lack of ...

“The churning, burning world needs poets,” Wharton said. “Poets express the human experience in lyrical words. Metaphor in ...

Statue of Burns in Dumfries town centre, unveiled in 1882. David J Black reminds us just how famous Burns was. See part one ...

Mark Stephen chooses some Burns favourites including his rendition of Tam O' Shanter. See more episodes. Programme website. British Broadcasting Corporation ...

On Tuesday evening, Abilene Christian University professor and prolific poet Dr. Steven Moore presented readings from his ...

Robert Burns, a son of tenant farmers, stepped into this political turbulence and achieved rapid acclaim. His poems drew on ...

This is meant to be a funny toast – and they chose… of all people, a German. The good people at my table, their heart sinks ...

Musing over the haggis, coaxed down with a friendly single malt, David J Black shares his thoughts on why it is that so many ...

February 8 saw a slightly later date to celebrate Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns, but it was a well-turned-out event ...

Scots (and friends) have celebrated Scotland's most famous poet. People can get in on the fun with a night at the Isle Casino ...

Earlier this week, we published Jenni Lang’s Reply to the Toast to the lassies given at the Edinburgh South Burns Supper.  We said we’d put up Andy Wiliamson’s original toast to which she was replying ...