The man's the gowd

It's the birthday of Robert Burns so we'll rehash the previous year's posts, just like the ubiquitous Burns' suppers will rehash their maudlin (Mauchline?) take on the poet. However, there was a good piece by Andrew O'Hagen published in The Guardian Review of last Saturday which does at least try to get at the man rather than the brand.The People's Poet can be read here.

I still think that MacDiarmid got it right in A Drunk Man Looks At The Thistle. 82 years later he's still getting it right. What? Try reading this.

And finally, the annual mention of Matthew Fitt's Kate O'Shanter's Tale. Hear it here.