Can TikTok resurrect Scots?

Scottish poet and social media influencer Len Pennie grew up speaking both Scots and English. Now with more than a million followers, she’s leading the charge to popularize the Scots language at home ...
The Conversation

Robert Burns and Mary, Queen of Scots: how the poet shaped the enduring cultural legacy of the executed monarch

Kate Kane receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council via the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities. Internationally synonymous with Scottish identity, Robert Burns is ...
The Scotsman

500-year-old handwritten fragment of poem by Scots literary great is discovered

A 500-year-old handwritten fragment of a poem by one of Scotland’s greatest literary figures has been discovered. The scribbled lines of a work by Sir David Lyndsay, an influential pre-Reformation ...
The Independent

Burns Night: The legacy of a poet who shaped Scotland

Internationally synonymous with Scottish identity, Robert Burns is Scotland’s national bard, a status he has achieved through his popularity since his death in 1796. He wrote some of the country’s ...