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

The Plot. In six scenes scattered through the last twelve years of Robert Burns’ life, John Drinkwater has tried to give not so much an historical as a spiritual biography in play form. Yet the story ...

Paris Alston: This is GBH's Morning Edition. This week in cities around the world, people will gather and drink a little more than their fair share of whiskey, sing some very old songs, and read ...

The Saint Andrew’s Society of Williamsburg hosted its annual Burns Night supper on Jan. 25 in celebration of the birthday of the national poet of Scotland, Robert Burns. The formal event at the ...

Even so, Robert Crawford’s biography—published last year to mark the 250th anniversary of the Bard’s birth—risks overstatement in introducing Burns as “the world’s most popular love poet” and “the ...

Robert "Bob" Burns, 91, passed away peacefully in his sleep, among family, at his home in Rogers, Ark., on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. Bob was born on October 18, 1933, in Centerton, Ark., to ...

Fiona Lee, development officer for St Michael’s, said the church was hoping to raise £25,000 for a ‘facelift’ to the entrance way and to bring the graveyard into good order. She said the church was ...