A farm built by Robert Burns and where he wrote Auld Lang Syne is a step closer to being saved for the nation after securing National Lottery funding. Ellisland Farm on the banks of the River Nith ...

There aren't many poets in the world whose life and work we celebrate on their birthday. Even Shakespeare isn't afforded that accolade. Every year on the 25th of January, we pay tribute to Robert ...

A white marble bust of Scotland's national poet Robert Burns is on the wall of Poets' Corner in Westminster ... The inscription reads simply: Robert was born on 25th January 1759 in a small cottage at ...