The young Burns grew up in a home like the one he described in his poem ‘The Cotter’s Saturday Night’. Robert Burns became ... The verses expounding religious and patriotic themes are ...

It is widely believed that Robert Burns first came under ... Here we see the triumph of sexuality over religious orthodoxy. Burns and his lover stand side by side on the cutty stool.

One of Burns's most scathing, and certainly his most famous attack on religious hypocrisy is the satire 'Holy Willie's Prayer'. Written in 1785, the poem was inspired by William Fisher ...

His satires of politicians and religious leaders also ... Bob Dylan, and Robert Service. While some families have their own Burns Supper at home, you will often find more ceremony and tradition ...

What you have just described is, of course, part of the festivities of a typical Burns Supper. And this is an annual event that, you know, kind of happens in places all over the world, in honor of ...