LONDON — Although their heart is in Scotland, the poems of Robert Burns have made a massive impact throughout the world. The titles of both John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and J.D. Salinger's The ...
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 ...
Daniel Cook receives funding from the AHRC, The Leverhulme Trust, and The Royal Society of Edinburgh. The poet Liz Lochhead has outed Robert Burns as a “sex pest”. While aspects of The Bard of ...