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Burns Night

22 Jan 2009

The man of the moment is not, as you might mistakenly be thinking, Barack Obama (guh! We’re so over that inauguration shizzle!), but a 250 year old womanising ploughman from Ayrshire. Here’s our guide to the best ways to mark Burns Night. Why not…

Oor Rabbie

Oor Rabbie

22 Jan 2009

BURNS CELEBRATION Scotland’s national poet penned some ripping yarns in his time. But getting your head, and your tongue, around the language of Robert Burns isn’t always easy – especially when you’re wee. Actor, writer and director, Andy Cannon is…

Haydn Trio Eisenstadt

Haydn Trio Eisenstadt

22 Jan 2009

NEW COLLABORATION Born exactly 200 years apart, but living in Ayrshire communities just a stone’s throw away from each other, it is especially apt that celebrations for Scotland’s most famous poet should include a new setting of his work from…

Eddi Reader - The Songs of Robert Burns: Deluxe Edition

Eddi Reader - The Songs of Robert Burns: Deluxe Edition

(4 stars)8 Jan 2009

CELTIC For Burns to endure for 250 years, every generation needs its own way of appreciating him. Five years ago, Eddi Reader provided her take on the Songs of Robert Burns and not only was the folk world enraptured by one of the great Scottish…

Eddi Reader

Eddi Reader

8 Jan 2009

Fairground Attraction’s former frontwoman continues her love affair with Ayrshire’s philandering ploughman poet, as she sings the songs of Robert Burns, accompanied by the Orchestra of Scottish Opera. Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Sun 18 Jan. (Folk)

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Robert Burns: Rampant Robbie

1 Dec 2008

Seducer, sex machine, womaniser, charmer, bragger and a bit of a bastard. Scotland’s national poet, Rabbie Burns, was a loose-limbed man with one hell of a sex drive. His love life reads like something from a daytime TV show. There are illegitimate…

Robert Burns

Robert Burns: Burnie on Burns

1 Dec 2008

I'm in such a mess! I met this guy a year or so ago and really fancied him. All the girls did. He's tall, dark, handsome and writes poetry. Maybe it sounds like a cliché, but when he stares into your eyes your heart starts to melt – and other places…

Burns Supper

Turnip for the books

30 Oct 2008

Organisers of Homecoming 2009 have announced their hopes of establishing a new World Record for the greatest number of Burns suppers ever held, as part of next year’s festivities. The World Famous Burns Supper Celebration will help mark the 250th…

New Burns project set for publication

New Burns project set for publication

14 Aug 2008

Oxford University Press is set to produce the largest, most comprehensive collection of Robert Burns' works to date. The project will be undertaken by the new Centre for Robert Burns Studies at the University of Glasgow and will be edited by the…

No Holds Bard - Mocumentary to honour Robert Burns

19 Jun 2008

Ugly Betty and Extras actress Ashley Jensen is just one of many Scottish celebrities set to star in No Holds Bard, a 60-minute comedy mocumentary, due to begin filming next week. Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, Jensen…

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Clarinda

17 Jan 2008

MUSIC THEATRE Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh, Fri 25 Jan–Sat 2 Feb, then touring Of the many sensations that surround the life of Robert Burns, one of the most notable was his close friendship with Agnes McLehose in Edinburgh. Although…

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