On Burns Night this Sunday – and 235 years after Tam O'Shanter was published in 1791 – Scots everywhere may well be treated to a masterwork with a unique, universal appeal.

Every Jan. 25, Scotland celebrates its National Poet Robert Burns. Los Angeles joins the party.

Walk around the market town of Dumfries, Scotland, and at first glance you’ll see what looks like a kind of graffiti in the windowpanes — faint etchings in some, and in others verses written boldly in ...

The painting by Henry Raeburn, which resurfaced last year, is being displayed at the National Gallery of Scotland ...

My Heart’s in the Highlands Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birth-place of Valour, the country of Worth; Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, The hills of the Highlands for ever I ...

With his lament, Burns cemented Mary’s status as a tragic figure ripe for romantic literary representation. Burns’ work ...

While he is now remembered around the world on Burns Night, Robert Burns spent most of his life as a farmer despite writing ...

Jay Kelly, a Movie Star’s Pity Party About the Cost of Fame A Month in Literary Britain The End of a Spiritual Retreat in the Aspen Mountains Triumphs and Tin Ears at Princeton’s New Art Museum Audio ...

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 ...

The Tulsa community came together on Saturday to celebrate Scottish poet Robert Burns with a special Burns Night event.