Robert Burns was born into a farming family at Alloway in Ayrshire in 1759. He died in Dumfries at the early age of 37. Yet in that short time he had taken the Scottish literary world by storm, and had secured a place for himself in history and in leg

Douglas Craik is a folk singer with a mission. 'It's all about the words', he says. 'I want to encourage people to listen to the words of the songs I sing, because each one has a message'. And listen is exactly what audiences do. His repertoire stretc