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Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>“William Shakespeare was a powerful influence on Robert Burns… I count as many as 16 references to Shakespeare’s plays in his poetry”</p><p>—Prof Gerard Carruthers on the links &amp; commonalities between Burns &amp; Shakespeare </p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/haggis-neeps-and-soliloquys-the-bonds-that-tie-robert-burns-and-shakespeare-53578/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/haggis-nee</span><span class="invisible">ps-and-soliloquys-the-bonds-that-tie-robert-burns-and-shakespeare-53578/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/drama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drama</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertBurns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/18thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/romanticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romanticism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Shakespeare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shakespeare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ShakespeareDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShakespeareDay</span></a></p>
Undiscovered Scotland<p>The view north-west along the River Doon from the Brig o' Doon in Alloway, Ayrshire, a village best known as the birthplace of Robert Burns. More pics and info: <a href="https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/alloway/alloway/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/all</span><span class="invisible">oway/alloway/index.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Alloway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alloway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RiverDoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverDoon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ayrshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ayrshire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertBurns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BrigODoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrigODoon</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>I came across this faded mural of Robert Burns on a sea wall on the Ardeer Peninsula in Ayrshire while searching a former explosives factory for one of the few surviving buildings from Glasgow's 1938 Empire Exhibition. Painted in 1996 by the local artist Gavin McInnes, the mural's based on an 1787 composition by Alexander Nasmyth, which is one of the few comtemporary portraits of Scotland's national poet.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mural</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/robertburns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robertburns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/irvine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>irvine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ardeer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ardeer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streetart</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>This panel is on the Robert Burns statue in George Square in central Glasgow, and was created by James Alexander Ewing in the 1880s.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sculpture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/robertburns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robertburns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cuttysark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cuttysark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/georgesquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>georgesquare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/alloway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alloway</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>A sculpted bronze panel of Alloway Kirk scene from Robert Burns' 1791 narrative poem Tam o' Shanter, where he first lays eyes on the young witch he nicknames Cutty Sark (after the revealling gown she's wearing). Entranced by her salacious dancing, Tam calls out, revealling his presence to the assembled witches, and causing him to have to flee for his life. </p><p>Cont./</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sculpture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/robertburns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robertburns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cuttysark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cuttysark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/georgesquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>georgesquare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/alloway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alloway</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>The Bard of Contention: Robert Burns &amp; Scottish Cultural Politics<br>4 Feb, free online</p><p>Robert Burns’s political legacy remains deeply contested. Paul Malgrati explores the transformations of Burns’s image throughout the late modern era, as revolutionaries, nationalists, &amp; avant-garde writers co-opted his myth to challenge Scotland’s social &amp; constitutional order.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scotland/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-</span><span class="invisible">scotland/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertBurns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CulturalStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalStudies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishCulture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishPolitics</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>“Burns works well in Ukrainian. The similarities between him and Taras Shevchenko are often noted – the two poets came from rural backgrounds and gave dignity and depth to languages that were (unjustly) considered inferior in their respective political (imperial) contexts”</p><p>—Uilleam Blacker discusses the Ukrainian translator Vasyl Mysyk</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertBurns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Robert Burns: Mythbusters<br>31 Jan, free online</p><p>In this season of Burns celebrations, Dr Peter Kormylo will deliver an “Immortal Memory” with the above title, complemented by recitations by Hanna Dyka of selected Burns poetry in Ukrainian translations</p><p><a href="https://llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scottish-studies/css-seminar-series-250131" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scottish-s</span><span class="invisible">tudies/css-seminar-series-250131</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertBurns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a></p>
The Wee Owl Art<p>It's Burn's Night! Hope everyone has a great haggis supper tonight. </p><p>'Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,<br>Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race!'<br>- from Address to the Haggis by Robert Burns</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BurnsNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurnsNight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/RobertBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertBurns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a></p>
Folklore, Food & Fairytales<p>Burns Night is celebrated here at Folklore, Food &amp; Fairytales. Important first step, catch your haggis: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/haggis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>haggis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RobertBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertBurns</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>The History of Burns Night – History Scotland webinar<br>23 January, online – tickets £10</p><p>Dr Pauline Mackay of the University of Glasgow delves into the rich history of Burns Night. Discover how Burns Night has come to symbolise Scottish identity, gathering people worldwide to honour the poet’s contributions to literature, language, &amp; national pride.</p><p><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3517373695324/WN_uN-kss27TheF1wKPYXjkcg#/registration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist</span><span class="invisible">er/3517373695324/WN_uN-kss27TheF1wKPYXjkcg#/registration</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertBurns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BurnsNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurnsNight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/culturalstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culturalstudies</span></a></p>
Northwest Beer Guide<p><a href="https://merchantduvin.com/robert-burns-night" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">merchantduvin.com/robert-burns</span><span class="invisible">-night</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MerchantduVin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerchantduVin</span></a> encourages you to celebrate <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RobertBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertBurns</span></a>' birthday, January 25th, by (naturally drinking some beer). <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/January" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>January</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Beer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beer</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Events</span></a></p>
Angela Miller<p>And this is what I will be talking about:</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/EiulNRIbxPw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/EiulNRIbxPw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Witches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Witches</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Galloway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galloway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tamoshanter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tamoshanter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/robertBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robertBurns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/covenaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covenaters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Halloween" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Halloween</span></a></p>
Angela Miller<p>I'm on Landward tonight talking about St John's Town of Dalry and it's links to Tam o Shanter. <br>We have a local tale about a man called Adam Forrester who spotted witches partying in our local kirk. <br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024k38" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024k38</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Galloway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galloway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Halloween" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Halloween</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertBurns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tv</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>New!<br>POEMS BY A LADY<br>by Helen Craik<br>Ed. by Rachel Mann &amp; Patrick Scott</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> of Helen Craik (1751–1825), <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gothic</span></a> novelist &amp; friend of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertBurns</span></a>, was long thought lost. The rediscovery of her 1790 <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/manuscript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manuscript</span></a> “Poems by a Lady”, transcribed here for the first time, invites a fresh evaluation of her life &amp; work, &amp; adds to the critical reassessment of poetry by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> women in the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Romantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Romantic</span></a> era</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/litstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>litstudies</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/18thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Romanticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Romanticism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/poems-by-a-lady/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/volumes/poems-by-a-lady/</span></a></p>
Leo'Jet Ski Fuel'nardo<p>Michael Gaydos. Kinda sad Leatherhead can't use the Scottish version because oh my god can you imagine a giant alligator man just bellowing "GANG AFT A-GLEY!" in the sewers?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TMNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TMNT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Raph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raph</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Leatherhead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leatherhead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RobertBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertBurns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToaMouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToaMouse</span></a></p>
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