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To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, writer Andrew O'Hagan asks what made this man one of the world's favourite poets.

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, writer Andrew O'Hagan asks what made this man one of the world's favourite poets. He sidesteps dusty archives, heading instead for the pubs, farms and churches which the poet once knew and where the rhythms of life that fuelled his wild imagination still pulse.

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