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The ceremony on Saturday, which will be broadcast live from 11.30am, marks the beginning of the seventh session of the Scottish Parliament since its establishment in 1999.

“I think they liked goading us,” says Siobhan Tolland. “I think they enjoyed the process. And this is where the misogyny comes in. This was sport for them.”

For those looking to celebrate Burns Night in a unique way, historic Scottish pub the Globe Inn where the legendary bard himself used to frequent remains open to this day

The 140-year-old painting shows Scottish poet Robert Burns and Highland Mary meeting on the bank of the River Ayr in 1786 with a rectangular mystery object in their hands

Many people around the country will be honouring the late poet Robert Burns by eating the famous Scottish dish haggis. The Mirror's Ariane set out to try a haggis toastie that has a cult following

It's Burns Night and many people up and down Scotland will be tucking into haggis, neeps and tatties – but others are only just realising what the savoury dish is made of