Poet Robert Burns has been honoured by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) - for his work as a land surveyor.

BBC: Robert Burns honoured for work as land surveyor

Another show written and performed in Scots, Tam o'Shanter, is a large-scale production by the Communicado theatre company - who have adapted Robert Burns' famous poem for the stage.

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Along with the Edinburgh Jazz Festival Orchestra, Temperley will also perform a new work by Dave Milligan, based around the love letters between Robert Burns and Agnes McLehose which they signed "Sylvander" and "Clarinda".

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His award will be housed at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway, which is run by the National Trust for Scotland.

BBC: Robert Burns honoured for work as land surveyor

History books have been largely unkind to Burns, and though not alive today to defend himself, readers can now develop a sense of his side of the story through Inside the Nixon Administration: The Secret Diary of Arthur Burns, edited by author and emeritus Indiana University professor, Robert Ferrell.

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By corporate standards it is ancient rather than merely venerable, having been founded in 1727 and predating Robert Burns and even, some say, the kilt.

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The shirts are each inspired by a poet, including John Keats, William Blake, Lord Byron, John Milton, Sir Andrew Motion and Robert Burns.

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