I listened to Gordon Dewar on Radio Scotland’s Business Scotland programme complaining about subsidies to Prestwick. He sounded like a man worried about the prospect of a rejuvenated and rebranded Prestwick Airport. Perhaps he thinks that a renamed Robert Burns International Airport would be a serious threat to his plans for growth. He has no […]
Following a successful presentation to Scottish Parliament, we are continuing our campaign for the renaming of Glasgow Prestwick Airport to Robert Burns International Airport. Scottish Parliament have encouraged us to continue gathering support for this petition. If you wish to add your support, please sign our online Robert Burns International Airport Petition. Click here to […]
Over 300 photographs from the 2014 Robert Burns Supper have been posted. You can check them out at www.flickr.com/photos/nycaledonian/sets/72157640804040605/
Halton Peel Burns Club – Canada Over these past years, under the leadership of our Club Presidents Chrys Ballantyne and Alan McKenzie, the Halton Peel Burns Club in Oakville, Ontario, has been building a catalogue of multimedia presentations on a wide range of topics related to Robert Burns and things Scottish. This has grown […]
What a terrific afternoon we had on Sunday 12th May at Shawlands Park Hotel at the 14th RBWF Lasses Lunch. Sincere thanks to President Patricia Leslie and her team from the Lanarkshire Association of Burns Clubs for such impeccable organisation. Guest speaker Liz Lochhead gave a wonderful tribute to Robert Burns with excerpts from Burns […]
For the second year running, I was invited by the Ukrainian Community in Edinburgh to attend the above function and what a night it was. The Ukrainian Consul General, Mykhailo Osnach read out a ‘Message to Burns’ , by a Ukrainian writer who had been a great admirer of his works and this got the night […]
You may have noticed that the RBWF website is currently undergoing some changes. We are hoping to make it look fresher and more useful to everyone interested in Robert Burns and the Robert Burns World Federation. We have added a new Events Calendar and booking system which is about to be populated with all upcoming […]
My first act in my tenure as your new President must be to express my thanks and highest regards to our Immediate Past-President, Jim Shields, to the Board of Directors, to the members of the Executive Committees and, to our C.E.O. Alison C. Tait for all the support and guidance I have received from them […]
The National Finals for Primary pupils took place at Cults Academy in Grampian on 28th April 2012. In Recitation, Instrumental, Singing and Bagpiping competitions, prizes were available in two age categories: P 4-5 P 6-7 The results were as follows: Recitation P4-5 Amy Forrester, Lanarkshire Maisie Poolie, Fife Harry Forbes, Grampian P 6-7 Annie […]
The National Finals for Secondary pupils took place at Cults Academy in Grampian on 21st April 2012. In Recitation, Instrumental, Singing and Bagpiping competitions, prizes were available in three age categories: S 1-2 S 3-4 S 5-6 The results were as follows: Recitation S 1-2 Catherine Anderson, SSCBA (Dumfries & Galloway) Amy Houston, SSCBA Emily […]
