Greetings: Tax returns and Robert Burns

There are two very important dates in the January calendar, one much more significant to Scots at home and indeed abroad, than the other. One is the deadline for self-assessment tax return on the 31st - hardly something to celebrate, and then there's Burns Night on the 25th. Some might even admit that haggis is easier to digest than a bunch of figures - I'll sit on the fence as far as that one goes, but at least we get music to help us along.

Burns' songs and poems are acknowledged globally and are among some of the most beautiful we have, and while I paid scant attention to any of them while growing up - and regret that gap in my literary education - I have come to appreciate their relevance and resonance almost 250 years later.

I suppose we all have our favourites, and when it comes to his songs, without hesitation mine is Ae Fond Kiss - such a heart-felt love song, written for Clarinda. Eddie Reader has a fabulous version of the song. What's your favourite Burns song and why? Get in touch and we'll include it in the show.