Editor's note: This story was originally published on Jan. 24, 2020, before the restrictions of the pandemic limited social gatherings. But even COVID-19 can't dampen the collective spirit of Robert ...

In the late 19th century, a rare first-edition copy of the Robert Burns’ debut poetry collection, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, was found in an English barber shop. It was missing its first ...

Robert Burns (1759-1796) was the premiere Scottish poet and balladeer, regarded in Scotland with the same reverence as Shakespeare in England—and, like Shakespeare’s creative use of Elizabethan ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prince Charles is saying "sláinte" to Burns Night! The Prince of Wales, 72, marked the annual celebration of Robert Burns on Monday by reciting one of Scottish poet's most well-known pieces "Auld Lang ...

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.

If you know "Auld Lang Syne," you know Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles both shared social media posts about Burns Night on Tuesday, but what exactly is the ...