robert burns

5 min read 2022-01-11 16:00:00

Proud Mary’s Rage

Mother always told me, “Pride is the quality that lets them show you out instead of throwing you out.” The pride of which she spoke would better

4 min read 2021-12-12 15:22:08

By Kinen Carvala What would we be singing on New Year’s Eve without Robert Burns? Robert Burns was born in 1759 to a farming family in Scotland and

1 min read 2021-10-28 08:21:05

The common denial that Halloween is not Australian is incorrect. Although there clearly was a time in the late 20th century when Halloween

1 min read 2021-04-22 19:00:20

In a recent post I noted an Irish sense of the word gentle meaning ‘enchanted or visited by fairies’, used in Charles McGlinchey’s book The

2 min read 2021-02-25 16:04:40

Our local, humble poet has an astounding worldwide outreach. From stamps to statues, banknotes to books, film to festivities and Coca-Cola bottles to

8 min read 2021-01-26 02:30:18

Today is the birthday of Scotland’s National bard, Robert Burns. The traditional suppers to honour his memory have had to go online for obvious

8 min read 2021-01-25 18:23:00

special guest post by Mhairi Jarvie Our special guest post is from Mhairi Jarvie, a valuable member of the Inverness

5 min read 2021-01-18 03:00:57

Haggis, neeps and tatties and whisky may not be a traditional spread for a summer gathering in NZ, but trust Auckland city councillor and Kiwi-Scot

6 min read 2021-01-13 19:00:26

It’s type to sharpen your pencils because our great Burns Night poetry competition is back by popular demand. You could win two delicious bottles

5 min read 2020-12-31 12:04:28

SATYING HOME? LET’S GET YOUR PARTY STARTED The first New Year’s celebration dates back 4,000 years. Julius Caesar, the emperor of Rome, was the

2 min read 2020-12-16 17:47:52

Hogmanay on Calton Hill, Edinburgh When the clock strikes midnight on Hogmanay, many of us around the world will celebrate by singing Auld Lang

14 min read 2020-10-28 15:00:00

After Sohrab Ahmari criticized David French in The New Yorker last year, Google searches for integralism spiked (despite Ahmari rejecting the

7 min read 2020-10-03 05:09:05

Written by Bro. Rob Morris, originally published in “Light and Shadows of Freemasonry” IT was in the latter part of the gloomy 1786, that

3 min read 2020-09-28 14:54:50

St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh Of all the seasonal holidays, Halloween is one of my favourites. It might not have the spiritual significance or

2 min read 2020-06-03 19:53:32

“Notices paint the way to the “Banks of Coon” and to the Auld Brig, upon which a man in a bowler-hat stood with his camera ready. He offered to