The Latest Breaking News from Ellisland

Farm where Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne ‘to be restored if £12m can be raised’

The Robert Burns Ellisland Trust formed in 2020 to save the site of Ellisland Farm, near Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2025

Overwhelming support for plans to safeguard Dumfries and Galloway farm built by Robert Burns

The Robert Burns Ellisland Trust want new generations of artists and musicians to work in the landscape that inspired the poet

Daily Record · Jun 15, 2023

Discovery of book in Scottish castle reveals fascinating detail of Robert Burns's domestic life

I have experienced a few eureka moments in my career – usually the result of sheer luck or serendipity. In late 2021, I was part of the Editing Burns in the 21st Century team working on the new Oxford University Press edition of the Complete Works of Robert Burns. I…

The Conversation · Jan 24, 2023

Former Dumfriesshire home of Robert Burns receives funding to subsidise school visits

The Robert Burns Ellisland Trust has been given £3,000 from Museums Galleries Scotland

Daily Record · Jun 16, 2022