Burns Night

First Minister Alex Salmond uses the birthday of Robert Burns to launch the consultation document on the referendum, to be held in autumn 2014, on whether Scotland should be an independent country.

Tonight, Scots around the world celebrate the birth of Scotland's national poet Robert Burns 227 years ago, feeding spirit and mind with a traditional Scottish meal of

Join the "World’s First Ceilidh Flash Mob" amid the historic surroundings of Edinburgh’s Parliament Square.

VLADIMIR MCTAVISH, BILLY KIRKWOOD, KEARA MURPHY, JAMIE DALGLEISH, ELEANOR MORTON, compere VIV GEE

Edinburgh’s Royal Mile is the obvious place to start for a taste of Burns and the Scottish Storytelling Centre, right in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town, doesn’t disappoint.

Various Burns Suppers, ceilidhs and similar celebrations take place around the city to celebrate the birth date of Scotland's National Bard, Robert Burns (1759-96).

2012 is the 53rd anniversary of the birth of Burns.

On Sunday 22nd January the Gothenburg Tavern in Prestonpans will be holding another Family Burns Storytelling Ceilidh.

A Burns Supper in August may seem a daft idea, but that's the essence of The Robert Burns Experience held in Monteith’s restaurant on the High Street.

A dramatisation of poet Robert Burns' visit to Edinburgh shows the poet in a new light: but he comes off cynical and charmless.

It's Burns night. Few people have championed Scotland's Bard with quite the same passion as First Minister Alex Salmond.

If you can't make it Alloway in Ayrshire to see the new Burns Museum (entrance is free today) you can at least get a sense of the "man o' parts" in this tour of the museum by Director, Nat Edwards.

Anyone giving the Address to the Haggis on Burns Night next week might well be reaching into their sporran for their iPhone after the recent release of a new app with the complete works of poet Robert Burns.

A free, drop in event where family members can experience magical encounters with characters from Robert Burns' famous poem Tam O'Shanter, brought to life by performance group te POOka.

Fishnet Burns Night is Auld Reekie Roller Girls' first home, open, intraleague bout. Entry is free for all under 16's when accompanied by an adult.

Text messaging service AQA 63336 is circulating a list of Frequently Asked Questions that its team of some 1,200 researchers has received about Scotland's most famous poet.

Free poetry, performers, art and music to celebrate Scotland's most famous bard: Robert Burns.

New banknotes, due to enter circulation this Autumn, have been designed by Clydesdale Bank to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns and the Year of Homecoming 2009.

The 16th annual Celtic Connections festival gets underway this Thursday in Glasgow. The festival which takes place every January (15 January - 1 February this year) also launches the Homecoming Scotland festivities in 2009.

The original letters of Robert Burns dating from 1787 onwards are being given the blog treatment by the National Trust for Scotland.