Rosslyn Chapel Archives – spooky scotland

January 2021

Did Robert Burns’ Trip to Rosslyn Inspire lines from his Poem Tam o’ Shanter?

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On the 25th of January, Burns’ Suppers are held all around the world to celebrate the birth of the great Scottish Poet, Robert Burns. Perhaps one of his most well-known poems’ is Tam o' Shanter. Is it possible that lines to this poem were inspired by his trip to Rosslyn Castle in 1787? A Trip [...]

Did Robert Burns’ Trip to Rosslyn Inspire lines from his Poem Tam o’ Shanter?Ch_Ka51tj42021-01-21T20:32:46+00:00

January 2018

Robert Burns and the Da Vinci Code of Paintings

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Mystery! Intrigue! It began when I was researching out some information about Tam O’ Shanter. What I discovered was something which could have come straight out of a Dan Brown novel. First there was a ‘lost’ Robert Burns painting, thought once to have belonged to Sir James Shaw, one-time Lord Mayor of London. Then mysterious [...]

Robert Burns and the Da Vinci Code of PaintingsCh_Ka51tj42020-10-17T18:50:11+00:00