Burns Banter - Ep. 10 A tour around Burns sites in Dumfries
Send us Fan Mail WARNING !!! - This Episode is probably better watched as a video. https://youtu.be/tXES21N-T9w?si=Lb5yL70GKXPYteFm In this episode I travel to Dumfries and go on a whistle stop tour...
18 Des 202331min
Burns Banter - Ep.9 Robert Burns "The Selkirk Grace'
Send us Fan Mail The Selkirk Grace is a well known and well used grace. It is used not only at Burns Suppers but at family gatherings, weddings, funerals, birthdays, etc... What is the Selkirk Grace?...
24 Nov 20238min
Burns Banter - Ep. 8 Robert Burns 'Willie Brew'd a Peck O' Maut'
Send us Fan Mail 'Willie Brew'd a Peck O' Maut' is one of Robert Burns best drinking songs. It was written by Robert Burns in August / September 1789 whilst staying with Willie Nicol at his lodgings ...
19 Nov 20239min
Burns Banter - Ep. 7 Robert Burns 'Address to a Haggis'
Send us Fan Mail The 'Address to a Haggis' is one of the most recited pieces that Robert Burns ever created. It is a major part of every Burns Supper the world over, but sadly, very few people under...
10 Nov 202314min
Burns Banter - Ep.6 Robert Burns 'To William Stewart'
Send us Fan Mail 'To William Stewart' is a poem about a hangover. We have all at one time or another taken too much alcohol during a night out and suffered the inevitable hangover. But unlike us, wh...
3 Nov 202310min
Burns Banter - Ep.5 Robert Burns 'My heart is in the Highlands'
Send us Fan Mail Burns Banter episode 5 is all about the poem / song 'My Heart is in the Highlands'. This poem was written by Robert Burns in 1789 and shows his love of the Highlands of Scotland. Its...
27 Okt 20234min
Burns Banter - Ep.4 Robert Burns 'The Birks of Aberfeldy'
Send us Fan Mail What is a Birk? Where is Aberfeldy? and what was Robert Burns doing there? The answers to all of these questions, and more, is in this episode of Burns Banter. We look at the poem ...
21 Okt 202311min
Burns Banter - Ep.3 Robert Burns A Fond Kiss
Send us Fan Mail A fond kiss is one of Robert Burns best known love songs. Why did Robert Burns write this song? who are the people in the song? why are they being forced apart? To find out the answ...
13 Okt 202313min
