Though Hoare’s book takes up the events of Blake’s life—including his marriage and his lack of commercial success—it is not ...

A “very rare” portrait of Robert Burns has sold for more than 160 times its estimated price of about £500. The picture, painted in the manner of Sir Henry Raeburn, fetched £84,320 (including ...

Robert "Bob" Burns, 91, passed away peacefully in his sleep, among family, at his home in Rogers, Ark., on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. Bob was born on October 18 ...

The Saint Andrew’s Society of Williamsburg hosted its annual Burns Night supper on Jan. 25 in celebration of the birthday of the national poet of Scotland, Robert Burns. The formal event at the ...

Scotland celebrates its beloved poet on Burns Night with a Burns Supper, which spotlights his work and is enjoyed with a Scottish meal and a warming dram of whisky. The evening includes ...

At the Globe Inn in Dumfries, the menu has come a long way since Mrs Hyslop dished up sheep’s heid and other favourites at the tavern, where Robert Burns often drank and regaled and sometimes ...

Following his study of the bard’s skull, Combe then published the Book of Phrenological Development of Robert Burns, which reported the poet’s “strong animal passions and equally powerful ...

On January 25, Scots across the country and all over the world will come together to celebrate Robert Burns. Burns Night usually involves a traditional Burns supper consisting of haggis ...

It is the church where Robert Burns sat in the same pew on a Sunday with his wife - and where it is said he always carried a bit of paper on which to jot down his musings, just in case.

AN annual festival celebrating Robert Burns has been cancelled due to funding problems. Burns and Beyond originally took place in Edinburgh's Old and New Towns across six days in 2019. The ...

But Robert Burns has been consigned to history by Scotland's education chiefs, who have dropped his poems as a main topic from the school curriculum. Scotland's Bard will make way for more ...