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 ...

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 ...

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.

Lochlea Farm is notable for being where Robert Burns lived and worked from 1777 until his father's death in 1784. According to Lochlea, Burns "worked hard on the farm" and toiled the same soil ...

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 ...

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 ...