20 Feb 2009
Scotland sets a new world record!
Scotland has set a new world record by joining together thousands of Burns Suppers worldwide to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns and open the Homecoming Scotland 2009 celebrations.
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20 Feb 2009
Highlights of the Homecoming Burns Supper
View video highlights of the Homecoming Burns Supper in Alloway, Ayrshire on Saturday 24th January 2009
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20 Feb 2009
Home Sweet Home
For one lucky lady, 2009 truly was the year of Homecoming, courtesy of The Famous Grouse.
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20 Feb 2009
Burns Resurrected?
Young Scot celebrated all things Burns and Scottish on the 22nd January with a fun-filled night of music, entertainment, food and plenty more, reflecting Scotland's rich cultural diversity.
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20 Feb 2009
John Byrne draws Robert Burns for limited edition whisky to mark 250th anniversary
To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns and Homecoming Scotland 2009, The Famous Grouse has specially created 250 bottles of The Famous Grouse 37 year old blended malt whisky, signifying every year of Burns’ extraordinary life.
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20 Feb 2009
Mrs Burns exposed by the FBI
No doubt the FBI has dealt with a variety of unusual cases, but this one definitely belongs to the most extraordinary ones. It is about one of Robert Burns’ objects of desire turning into an object of high level investigation, when...
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20 Feb 2009
Burns is in the game
As part of the campaign to attract people of Scots descent to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, the Scottish Football Tournament is to be rebranded as “The Homecoming Scottish Cup.” To this aim, the Scottish Government and former Celtic director Willie Haughey have announced a £2million sponsorship deal with the SFA (Scottish Football Association).
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20 Feb 2009
The Bard, the witch and other mischief
“Stand in front of a mirror in a dimly lighted room and eat an apple. If your lover reciprocates your love he will appear behind you, look over your right shoulder and ask for a piece of apple.”
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20 Feb 2009
Burns, Bob and a Red, Red Rose
Could be that 200 years from now, Bob Dylan will still be loved as much as Burns. But, more than that, what these two personalities have in common is that Scotland’s favorite poet has been a source of great inspiration for the music legend.
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13 Nov 2008
Robert Burns Humanitarian Award
Burns’ humanitarian values and works have definitely been a source of inspiration for generations and generations of people who come not only from Scotland, the poet’s birthplace, but from all over the world.
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