Burns Night brings to mind forkfuls of peppery haggis and wee drams of whisky but the history of the festivities is often taken for granted. The Burns Supper is a celebration of the life and legacy of ...

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 ...

EASTON — The St. Andrew’s Foundation of the Eastern Shore invites the public to an evening of poetry, music and Scottish tradition at the Robert Burns Supper later this month. You must be logged in to ...

Columbia’s First Christian Church hosted its second annual Burns Night Supper and Ceilidh Dance on Saturday in Columbia. The event’s goal was to raise money for First Christian Church Youth Group’s ...

From haggis pakora in Scotland to Reggae-infused Burns celebrations in Jamaica, what began with a small supper marking the fifth anniversary of Robert Burns' death is now celebrated by more than ...

It’s not only Hogmanay (31 December) that gives Scots an excuse for a party; Burns Night (25 January) is traditionally the time each year when Scotland’s Bard, Robert Burns, is celebrated on the ...

Five years after the death of Robert Burns, the first Burns supper was held in his birthplace, Alloway. In July 1801, haggis and sheep’s head were served while a group of the poet’s close friends read ...