A big-time Burns Night calls for a piper to welcome guests. If you don't want all that baggage, some traditional music will do nicely. For more formal events ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The haggis, typically carried on a silver salver, is piped in by the diners with a standing slow clap - Joff Lee/Getty Burns Night ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At The Globe Inn, Burns Night features bagpipe performances, traditional toasts and a five-course feast. Photograph by D McCallum ...

This story was produced by our colleagues at the BBC. Robert Burns is Scotland’s national poet — a renowned 18th-century lyricist whose works continue to resonate around the world. Auld Lang Syne is ...

From Ae Fond Kiss to Coming Through the Rye, Burns songs are as powerful as ever for a new generation of performers on the BBC’s Burns Night celebration Robert Burns never goes out of fashion. More ...

The new year is officially here, meaning Burns Night is almost upon us. Every year, people in Scotland celebrate the occasion in memory of the life and work of the famous poet, Robert Burns. Think ...