Stories from Glasgow: Episode Four – Celebrating Robert Fergusson
Published: 13 October 2024
Discover the Edinburgh poet who inspired Robert Burns, and whose impact extends well beyond the pages of his works to the city’s landscape, and even the treatment of brain injuries.
Episode Four – Celebrating Robert Fergusson
With Professor Rhona Brown & Dr Amy Wilcockson.
‘The Collected Works of Robert Fergusson: Reconstructing Textual and Cultural Legacies’ is a two-year research project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, and led by Professor Rhona Brown. As the 250th anniversary of Fergusson’s death approaches, Prof. Brown and Dr Amy Wilcockson join the podcast to share their research, as well as insights into Fergusson’s life, works and legacy. Listen to learn more about Fergusson, and hear extracts of his work read by Billy Kay and James Robertson.
Billy Kay and James Robertson reading extracts of Fergusson's work
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First published: 13 October 2024
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