Robert Burns is known as "Scotland's National Poet." His birthday, on January 25, is celebrated each year by Scots around the world. In addition to Burns's poetry and songs, his birthday has become a ...

It’s little surprise the birthday of poet Robert Burns, January 25, is still celebrated across the globe: his work has travelled extraordinary distances, far beyond the boundaries of dialect. The ...

While he is now remembered around the world on Burns Night, Robert Burns spent most of his life as a farmer despite writing 700 poems while he was alive. Each year on his birthday, people around the ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Americans and Scots love a good party. Perhaps it’s in our DNA. Nearly 25 million Americans are of Scottish descent — that’s about 8 percent of this country’s population.

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 ...