Edina! Scotia’s darling seat!All hail thy palaces and tow’rs,Where once beneath a monarch’s feetSat Legislation’s sov’reign pow’rs!From marking wildly-scatter’d flow’rs,As on the banks of Ayr I stray’d,And singing, lone, the ling’ring hours,I shelter in thy honour’d shade. Robert Burns Address to Edinburgh Ayr Town Hall (KA7 1JX) on Saturday 11th February starting at 6pm. The… Continue reading Sign up for our Burns Supper in Ayr
Category: Arts
Dissent – in the spirit of Burns!
One of the signs of greatness in an artist’s output is their relevance to not only their own times, but future generations. Rabbie Burns is one such. Not only relevant to his own folks, but to cultures and peoples across the globe. An Ayrshire lad. Today’s Burns Day in Edinburgh marked the anniversary of the… Continue reading Dissent – in the spirit of Burns!
BURNS AND THE WORKING MAN
A blog by Iain Lawson Burns Night is on the 25th January and across the World people will meet up to celebrate his life and his enormous contribution to the worlds of literacy and music. There will be superlatives aplenty but I want to write about one aspect of his work that still brings great… Continue reading BURNS AND THE WORKING MAN