Every instruction you need to enjoy or arrange a Burns Supper just add food, drink and friends. Robert Burns is Scotland's second greatest gift to civilisation (after whiskey) and his poetry is rightly celebrated across the globe. The odds are youll be invited to a Burns Supper Night at some point in your life (probably in late January) and you may even want to host a Supper of your own. Whatever the case, this book will provide you with all the information you need to make sure your Burns Supper is a great event enjoyed by all. Clark McGinn, one of the foremost Burns Supper speakers in the world, presents the Ultimate Guide to the Burns Supper. Containing all the information you need to enjoy a Supper, whether as host, speaker or guest, this book is full of advice, anecdotes, poetry and wit. Contains: A complete run through of what to expect on the night, with a list of courses and speeches; Advice on what to wear; A section on how to prepare and present speeches; A list of common Burns Supper questions (and their answers!); A selection of Burns greatest poems, including a full English verse translation of the Address to a Haggis; Answers to your worries about eating haggis and drinking whiskey
Clark is well known as a speaker and writer on Robert Burns (speaking at a dozen Burns Suppers across the world every year) but his latest book, Out Of Pocket is the fruit of his 25 years banking career in London and New York. As discussed on the BBC's Today programme, this approachable study of banking crisis and financial folly over the centuries explains how today's crunch has happened before and, warns that, without major changes, it will happen again in the future.
He is a regular contributor to UK newspapers and his speeches have been broadcast on TV in the UK, US and abroad.
