Host Jacki Lyden marks the 250th birthday of Scottish poet and haggis lover Robert Burns. She hears from Alison Jones, a champion of Burns' poems. Jones is also a champion reciter — she won The Robert ...

Robert Burns (1759-1796) was the premiere Scottish poet and balladeer, regarded in Scotland with the same reverence as Shakespeare in England—and, like Shakespeare’s creative use of Elizabethan ...

Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at PEOPLE. Prince Charles is saying "sláinte" to Burns Night! The Prince of Wales, 72, marked the annual celebration of Robert Burns on Monday ...

Brig o’Doon, the stone arch bridge Burns crossed daily with his dad on his way to work - Ian Goodrick / Alamy Stock Photo There’s something about Robert Burns. More statues have been erected to ...

Columbia's First Christian Church celebrated traditional Scottish culture Saturday night as it hosted its third annual "Burns Night," honoring Scottish poet Robert Burns. Celebrated all over Scotland ...

In Scotland, whisky plays a part in many celebrations, but none more so than Burns Night on January 25. The annual event celebrates national poet Robert Burns, who wrote widely in the Scots dialect.

COLUMBIA — 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 on Wednesday at the ...

EDINBURGH (Reuters Life!) - Scots around the world celebrate the birthday of their national bard on Tuesday with the discovery of an unpublished letter from the poet Robert Burns, a new museum ...

A Robert Burns fanatic has spent three years turning his body into a tattoo tribute to the poet by getting inkings of his most famous poems. Window cleaner Lee Jamieson has covered his back with ...