Robert Burns
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U.S. PoliticsRobert Burns may have had bipolar disorder, academics claim
Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns may have suffered from bipolar disorder, an academic analysis of hundreds of his letters and journals has …
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BurnsThe Thistle & Shamrock: The Strange Undoing Of Prudencia Hart
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The TheatreTwo structure fires close down roads in North End Dartmouth
Officers are remaining on scene for both of the incidents below to assist Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency. A number of street are currently …
HalifaxFire officials investigate second fire in Dartmouth
Officials are working to determine the cause of an early morning structure fire in Dartmouth.<p>The building, located at the corner of Robert Burns …
Canadian News'Worldwide fascination' with Robert Burns to be investigated
Professor Murray Pittock, of the Centre for Robert Burns Studies at Glasgow University, will lead the research.<p>Funded by the Scottish Government, it …
ScotlandRobert Burns Woodward, Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 1965
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Middle EastThe Oxford Edition of the Works of Robert Burns
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Literature‘Tae the Weavers Gin Ye Gang’ — Learn to Play this Cornerstone of Scottish Repertoire
Bill EvansMarch 20, 2018<p><b>From the May 2018 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY DANNY CARNAHAN</b><p>No stranger to rural romantic intrigue, the great Robert Burns …
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