Walk around the market town of Dumfries, Scotland, and at first glance you’ll see what looks like a kind of graffiti in the windowpanes — faint etchings in some, and in others verses written boldly in ...

Scotland celebrates its beloved poet on Burns Night with a Burns Supper, which spotlights his work and is enjoyed with a Scottish meal and a warming dram of whisky. The evening includes recitations ...

LONDON — Although their heart is in Scotland, the poems of Robert Burns have made a massive impact throughout the world. The titles of both John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and J.D. Salinger's The ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Students of Scottish literature and lovers of Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns may view a rare, handwritten copy of his famous verse, “Afton Braes,” unveiled Wednesday at ...

Daniel Cook receives funding from the AHRC, The Leverhulme Trust, and The Royal Society of Edinburgh. The poet Liz Lochhead has outed Robert Burns as a “sex pest”. While aspects of The Bard of ...

Which day of the year combines haggis, whisky, poetry, and fun? Burns Night, of course! Held every January 25, the birthday ...