250 years of Robert Burns

25 January 2009 marked 250 years to the day since Scotland's national poet was born. This website celebrates Rabbie Burns's life and achievements in poetry and song. 66 of Scotland's biggest names recorded 716 of Robert Burns's works for our collection.

Elsewhere on bbc.co.uk

• Audio slideshow inspired by Robert Burns (21 January 2011)
• Radio Scotland blog post (24 January 2011)
• Radio Scotland presenters reading Burns
• Related TV & Radio programmes
• Robert Burns at BBC Music
• Robert Burns at BBC Poetry Season

Elsewhere on the web

• Burns Country (robertburns.org)
• Robert Burns (stv.tv)

Learning resources

• Robert Burns at Higher Bitesize
• Resources for teachers (ltscotland.org.uk)