Robert burns

January 25 Robert Burns Day, Burns Night (Scotland and Scottish community) Portrait of Burns 1787, by Alexander Nasmyth (September 9, 1758...

Print of Robert Burns after Nasmyth. The short text removed from the previous backpaper gives a history of Burns and advertises the issue of this portrait in 1896. Digital Number: BHBN134n (Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of the Attribution licence. Please cite ‘Dumfries & Galloway Museums’ when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please…

Robert Burns : 1759-1796

An brief reflective moment in the middle of Robert Burns' riotous poem, Tam O'Shanter.

I think it is clear from the etching we have used for this poster that Robert Burns was a very handsome man by today's standards - and he was certainly regarded as one in his day too!

From haggis-laced cocktails and a curling competition to creamy cullen skink and a banging boat party, we round up the best Burns Night events in London and Edinburgh.

Written at a time of political repression, were Robert Burns’s late poems covertly radical, or are contemporary academics reading their own leftist values into history? Murray Armstrong on the battle for the soul of Burns Night

Time to raise "a cup o' kindness."

How much do you know about the poet?