A tutor once said of Scotland's most famous poet that he "made rapid progress in reading (but) was just tolerable at writing". In which case, there's hope for us all! On the day of Burns' burial, more than 10,000 people turned up to pay their respects to "The Bard of All Humanity". Despite the tartan flourishes of typical Burns Suppers, the Bard himself was a Lowlander and so never wore a kilt. Strange that a man who was so liberal with his whisky and his women should have become an exciseman to make ends meet. Poetic justice, some would say! Burns' 'Auld Lang Syne' is the most widely sung song in the world (yet how many of us know more than the chorus?).