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Robert Burns

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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. Some of Scotland's biggest names have recorded 327 (so far!) of Robert Burns's works for our collection. You can also explore the archive alphabetically, by theme or by year.

• Robert Burns TV & Radio programmes
• Robert Burns at BBC Music
• Robert Burns at BBC Poetry Season

Elsewhere online, Learning and Teaching Scotland has created an interactive map of important locations in Burns's life as well as other resources for teachers and a Poets' blog.

Completely Burns

Thanks to Martin J. Galloway and Dale McDonald for the kind use of their photographs throughout this website.

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