Robert Burns’ To A Mouse is a poem loved by many – but few really understand it. On the anniversary of his birth, Fiona Macdonald examines its appeal. Scottish poet Liz Lochhead is not one to idolise ...

In the week when the 2018 McCash Scots Poetry Competition has been announced, we continue to celebrate the breadth and vitality of poetry in the traditional Scots tongue. Here, in extracts from one of ...

him, twitching still, onto my Welcome Mat, flicking him in the ditch across the road. All day, as if in pain, my old cat yowled, glaring at me with flat, accusing eyes. “Our bond,” he seemed to say, ...

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It will come as no surprise that a work by Robert Burns has been declared our favourite poem written in Scots. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to ...