Burns' Collection Grows

Five lost poems have been attributed to Robert Burns, Scotland's national bard, by a leading literary academic. Professor Robert Crawford told the Scotsman that: "I don't want to use the word 'new' as they have been floating around. But the case of them being thought of as Burns poems, rather than poems collected by him, hasn't been made before."

Interest in Burns has increased as the 250th anniversary of his birth (which will be marked in January, 2009) approaches.

The 'rediscovered' works will appear in a new collection entitled The Best Laid Schemes.

Visitors to the Scottish capital can hear about Burns' links with the Scottish capital with the Royal Mile & More, Edinburgh travel guide.

Listeners to the Royal Mile & More mp3 guided tour can hear about two individuals who touched the celebrated poet's life. Both Robert Fergusson and Agnes McElhose, whom Burns wrote to using the pseudonym Clarinda (she called him Sylvander), are buried in Canongate Kirkyard. To hear an audio sample from the Royal Mile & More Edinburgh audio walking tour please click here.

Canongate Kirk is pictured above. Members of the royal family attend services here when they are staying at the nearby Palace of Holyroodhouse at the foot of the Royal Mile.

There are two Walk Talk Tour Edinburgh travel guides, both of which can be completed comfortably within two hours. The Royal Mile & More podcast guided tour and the Old & New Towns Edinburgh iPod travel guide cost just £5.95 each. Customers purchasing both tours simultaneously will receive a twenty per cent discount.

Unlike with a conventional guided tour, listeners with a Walk Talk Tour Edinburgh city walking tour are free to stop, start and listen again to any part of the commentary as they wish - or as their other half, the weather or their interest dictates.

Each Walk Talk Tour Edinburgh audio guide comes complete with a free downloadable map for listeners to print off, so you won't miss a thing. In addition, take a look at our Where & When pages which provide information about the opening times and admission charges of key attraction along the route of each tour.