Happy birthday to the poet Robert Burns, born today – 25 January – in 1759 in a village in Ayrshire in Scotland. The popularity of Burns has led to his birthday being celebrated all over the world on Burns Night, along with the consumption of haggis, tatties and neeps. Here’s a selection of his best-known works: ‘A Man’s a Man for A That’; ‘Ae Fond Kiss’ (not to be confused with a ‘Glasgow Kiss’); ‘Auld Lang Syne’; ‘To A Mouse’; ‘A Red, Red Rose’; ‘Tam O’Shanter’; and ‘Address To A Haggis’ (usually the first item on the agenda at a traditional Burns Night supper). More details

You can watch the American poet Maya Angelou visit Burns country in Scotland, where she enjoys performances of Burns's songs and poems as well as reading one of her own works. The programme is on BBC4 at 9pm.