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 ...

January 25 is the birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burns, born in Alloway (now a suburb of Ayr) in 1759, and famed for such works as “To a Mouse,” “A Man’s a Man for A’ That,” “A Red, Red Rose,” and ...

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 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Americans and Scots love a good party. Perhaps it’s in our DNA. Nearly 25 million Americans are of Scottish descent — that’s about 8 percent of this country’s population.

Each year on or around Jan. 25, many people of Scottish descent (or wannabes) celebrate “days of auld lang syne” and the birthday of the Scottish poet who wrote those words, Robert “Rabbie” Burns.

Paris Alston: This is GBH's Morning Edition. This week in cities around the world, people will gather and drink a little more than their fair share of whiskey, sing some very old songs, and read ...