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 ...

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

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

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

A portrait of Robert Fergusson has been discovered at a Scottish castle and could help shed new light on the celebrated ...

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

SCOTLAND'S qualifications body has updated it's reading list for the first time in eight years with the hope to "reflect 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 ...

Here's the real "Auld Lang Syne" meaning. “Auld lang syne” is the title and key phrase of a 1788 Scottish poem by Robert “Rabbie” Burns, typically sung on New Year’s Eve around the world.

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.

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.

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 ...