Celebrating Robert Burns
Guest blog on the occasion of Burns Night (25 January), written by Deborah Moss, Organising Committee member of “Wee Burns” It is a tribute to the poet, Robert Burns, that Scots have held Burns Suppers...
View ArticleThe Immortal Memory
There aren’t enough Scots in Ethiopia. Strange, because they seem to get everywhere else. Even when we organised a Burns Evening in Addis Ababa last year with the help of Diageo, there weren’t that...
View ArticleScottish recipes for St Andrews Day
The people of Scotland account for 8,3 % of the total UK population. Today, Scotland marks its national day – St Andrew’s Day. It’s a chance to really celebrate all that is great about our heritage and...
View ArticleBurns’ night through my eyes
Burns’ night is a big deal in Scotland. I come from the west of Scotland, just up the coast from where Robert Burns lived and worked in Ayrshire. As a child, I remember in the middle of every dreich...
View ArticleThe Papal Visit, five years on
It is already five years since the historic visit of Emeritus Pope Benedict to England and Scotland. Shortly after David Cameron won the 2010 General Election, he asked me if I would co-ordinate...
View ArticleCelebrating St. Andrew, Scotland in Rome
The celebration of the Feast Day of the apostle St Andrew, brother of St Peter, is one of the high points in the Scots College year. It is an opportunity to invite many friends in the city, as well as...
View ArticleAnother football
One of the surprises of Kolkata for me has been to discover how keen Kolkatans are on sport, and how many sports are played in and around the city. I knew that Kolkata is the home of one of the world’s...
View ArticleWhat connects St Andrew’s Day and a cricket-ball death?
30 November is St Andrew’s Day, named after the Patron Saint of Scotland. St Andrew offers continuity across cultures: he was crucified at Patras, in modern-day Greece, and his body was taken to...
View Article“Dare to be Honest and Fear no Labour” (Robert Burns)
I was recently delighted to host my first Burns Supper in Vientiane. It was a wonderful evening of poetry, food and dance for which the organizational credit must go to Scottish community stalwart,...
View ArticleThe greatest show on earth
I was in my home town of Edinburgh last week. August is a great time to be in Scotland’s capital city. The Edinburgh International Festival was born out of the destruction of the Second World War, its...
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