Robert Burns

A statue of Scotland's national bard Robert Burns wearing a mask during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Honest Truth: For a’ that, Burns was a complex man who is still important today

January 26, 2021

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have sent a message to staff at NHS Tayside thanking them for their work and wishing them well on Burns Night (Kensington Palace/NHS Tayside)

Royal family wish Scots happy Burns Night

January 25, 2021

How would our national poet have coped with enforced isolation?

My heart’s in the Highlands a-chasing the deer: Expert reveals why Robert Burns is the poet of lockdown

January 24, 2021

A ceilidh, Estonian style

Burns Night in Estonia: Why the Baltic nation has such close cultural ties to Scotland

January 24, 2021

Gavin Mitchell and his dog Bob get into character

You’re bard: Still Game’s Boaby invites the world to Beatson Cancer Charity’s virtual Burns Supper

January 15, 2021

Cerys Matthews

INTERVIEW: Cerys Matthews on her passion for Burns and why we all need radio more than ever

January 11, 2021

Harold Wilson and Barbara Castle, right, lead the chorus of Auld Lang Sang at Labour Party conference in 1973.

A Syne of the times: Experts on why Robert Burns’s Hogmanay anthem of loss and reunion resonates now more than ever

December 29, 2020

A statue of the poet has been given a face mask as the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum.

Fair fa’ your honest, covered face… Robert Burns given his own mask as birthplace museum reopens to the public

August 14, 2020

Scotland’s Bard Rabbie Burns remains an important cultural influence today, as seen in Greg Moodie’s mural.

Farm where Robert Burns invented the love song to become centre for songwriting

June 8, 2020

Robert Burns

Climate crisis forces repairs to Rabbie’s roof

February 16, 2020

Robert Burns

Burns Night: All you need to know about celebrations for Scotland’s national bard

January 24, 2020