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 ...

While his status in Scotland has barely budged after claims of rape and racism, the country’s contemporary poetry scene has been responding in earnest Robert Burns is somehow invincible. In recent ...

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BRYAN - Let’s talk about influences. Who was it that made you want to write the way that you do? NADINE - Yeah. So in my poetry, absolutely, I think a turning point for me was when I encountered the ...

The Dutchess County Scottish Society is a mix of those who have emigrated from Scotland — recently or as a babe in arms many years ago — and those who can trace through their family lines back to the ...

Bagpipes where blaring, scotch was flowing and the haggis was paraded through the tables at Tam O’Shanter as the Atwater Village restaurant celebrated the 259th birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burns ...

Why do we remember particular poems and poets – and happily forget others? The Scottish poet Edwin Morgan was born 100 years ago, and this week marks the the start of a year of celebration of the man ...

October 1815. HMS Northumberland has just delivered Napoleon to his final exile on the remote Atlantic island of St Helena. On day two, he called for music. The daughter of his hosts, Betty Balcombe, ...

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BRYAN - You clearly enjoy reading your work aloud. What do we get out of poetry when we hear it spoken like that? NADINE - So, I mean, I think one of the best things that you get out of poetry is that ...