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 ...

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

The formal event at the Colonial Heritage Club featured Scottish traditions, bagpipes, whisky and a dinner that included ...

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Robert Burns, setting a template that’s remained largely unchanged since: music, poetry, food, whisky. Held each year on or around 25 January (the writer’s birthday), Burns suppers ...

Burns Night is just days away, and so time is running out to prepare for the occasion. The annual celebration, which sees Scots all over the world honour the life and work of Robert Burns ...

But I was heartened tonight to be sent a video of our granddaughter who attends a Renfrewshire primary school practising with enthusiasm, the poem Up in the Morning Early by Robert Burns.

In the dead of night, the skull of Robert Burns was removed from the crypt where he lay. It was his second final resting place - and the poet was to be disturbed once more. A group of men intent ...

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