A “very rare” portrait of Robert Burns has sold for more than 160 times its estimated price of about £500. The picture, painted in the manner of Sir Henry Raeburn, fetched £84,320 (including buyer’s ...

Police have launched an investigation after the final resting place of Robert Burns in Dumfries was damaged. Scotland's national poet is buried in a mausoleum in the grounds of St Michael's Church ...

Robert Burns enthusiasts have slammed the “mindless vandalism” of Scotland’s national bard’s final resting place. A glass panel at the Burns Mausoleum in Dumfries was smashed on Tuesday ...