Contents

  Acknowledgements

  Preface

  Introduction

  A Burns Chronology

1  The First Supper 1801

2  The Centenary Celebrations 1859

3  The Burns Federation 1885

4  The Centenary Commemoration 1896

5  20th Century Burns

6  The Austerity Burns 1945

7  The Bicentenary Celebrations 1959

8  The Dramatic Burns 1960

9  The Burns Festival at Ayr 1975

10  The West Sound Burns Suppers 1986

11  The International Year of Burns 1996

12  The Millennium Burns 2001

  Appendix: To Prepare a Burns Supper

  Notes for the Speaker

  Select Bibliography