The people who shaped Robert Burns

The people who shaped Robert Burns

We all know the songs and poems written by one of Scotland’s most famous sons – but who were the people that most influenced his life and his writing? Host Jackie Bird is on a mission to find out. This week, she’s joined by Christoper Waddell, learning manager at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, and Professor Gerard Carruthers, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Francis Hutcheson Chair of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow.

Together, they look at poets, family members, friends and educators who made their mark on the Bard.

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For more information on the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, click here.

Explore the National Trust for Scotland’s Robert Burns Collection online here.

You might enjoy some of our past episodes on Robert Burns. Simply scroll back through the Love Scotland feed to hear instalments on Auld Lang Syne and Burns’ death.

Use of Green Grow The Rashes, O by Bill Adair, courtesy of University of Glasgow.

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