Many a couple has enjoyed a midnight kiss at New Year. That’s Liz Lochhead’s inspiration for View of Scotland/Love Poem. The poem combines Lochhead’s memories of Hogmanay in the 1950s and a ...

This project is in collaboration with the Scottish Poetry Library and will launch in September 2017, to coincide with National Poetry Day, culminating on Burns Night in January 2018. During the ...

McCaffery, Richie 2015. “The Adjacent Kingdom of England”: England, Scotland, and World War Two in the Poetry of Douglas Young (1913–1973). Études écossaises, p. 87.

Set texts for Nat 5 and Higher English pupils now include a range of new, contemporary voices as well as classic texts.

Sunset Song was voted Scotland’s favourite book in a BBC poll in 2016. Nicola Sturgeon, the former first minister, has also ...

James Macpherson’s controversial Ossian poems caused a huge stir after they were published in the late 18th century.

Scotland's national bard Robert "Rabbie" Burns is recognised worldwide for his songs and poems. He has a day named after him on 25 January which is marked internationally with Burns Suppers.

Scotland's Makar Jackie Kay has written a poem in thanks to essential workers The dedication of Scotland's front line workers is the subject of a new poem by Makar Jackie Kay. The poet and author ...

James Macpherson’s controversial Ossian poems caused a huge stir after they were published in the late 18th century. He was ...