AN EVENING of poetry, pints and politics in honour of Robert Burns was held at Unity Books on Glasgow’s Southside on Saturday in support of the Morning Star.

More than 60 people packed the bookshop to enjoy music from Eddie McGuire and spoken word performances beginning with the Morning Star’s own arts editor, Angus Reid, whose “immortal memory” wove language, international solidarity, and class musings into the Burns Supper staple.

Aberdeen TUC’s Kate Ramsden followed with the classic warning to drinkers everywhere, Tam O’Shanter, followed by Kate O’Shanter — a modern take on Tam’s wife’s thoughts as she nursed her wrath.