The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Burns Night, held on January 25, is the perfect chance tae ...

They pointed oot that last year, oot o’ 83,000 students, only 83 chose tae answer questions on works by Burns. That’s made ma heairt sair because I’ve loved Burns’s poetry since I wis ... is ...

Over his short lifetime (he died in 1759 at age 37), Burns penned some of the world’s most famous literary works – including poems ‘To a Mouse’ and ‘Tam O’ Shanter’, and the song ‘Auld Lang Syne’.

If you read J. D. Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye” in your youth or later, you are aware of another Burns poem, written the year before his mouse encounter, “Comin’ Thro the Rye.” On and around Jan. 25 ...

A Burns Night supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of Robert Burns ... and a host gives a short speech. Before the meal, a traditional blessing known as the Selkirk Grace is recited.

The artificial intelligence trade has gotten crowded, two investors famous for betting against the 2008 housing market said they're looking further afield for sizable returns. Porter Collins and ...

Burns Night is a celebration of the life of the bard Robert Burns, his Scottish poetry, legacy and contribution to Scottish ... tim’rous beastie” from To a Mouse known by nearly every Scot. This year, ...

But the weirdest part of the reveal video, in my opinion, is the implication that the Joy-Cons can be used as a mouse. This was already rumored, and if I hadn’t seen those rumors, then I might ...

An 18-month-old girl was hospitalized Wednesday after suffering from first- and second-degree burns while staying at a former Holiday Inn, which had been converted into a shelter for migrants and ...

the eating of traditional Scottish food and the recitation of Burns poems, especially his “Address to a Haggis.” ...

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