On January 25, the birthday of its national poet, Scotland celebrates Burns Night with a traditional Scottish meal washed down with a warming dram of whisky ...

Robert Burns died in Dumfries in 1796 and moved from ... where he was buried following his death in 1796, was deemed unfitting for the bard after several esteemed visitors to Dumfries, including ...

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

According to Gilbert, Burns composed 'Death and Dr Hornbook' that same evening on the walk back to their farm at Mossgiel. Burns repeated the verses to his brother the next afternoon as he was ...

The first Burns supper was held in 1801, five years after the death of Scotland’s beloved poet, Robert Burns, setting a template that’s remained largely unchanged since: music, poetry ...

Robert Burns, who was born in Alloway, Ayrshire in 1759, is Scotland’s national poet and well-known globally for writing Auld Lang Syne, a popular song used to mark the beginning of the new year.

Siegel: So I'm going to be perfectly honest, Edgar, Robert Burns was not a name I was familiar with until ... but it stretches way back to the fact that on the fifth anniversary of his death, oh, you ...

SCOTS across the country will be coming together this month to pay homage to Scotland's National Poet Robert Burns. Burns Suppers have been a tradition in the country for many years now, seeing ...

Burns Night is nearly upon us, seeing households across Scotland come together to celebrate the country’s national bard. Born in Ayrshire, Robert Burns (or Rabbie Burns) wrote Auld Lang Syne ...