And as I was noodling, wandering and wondering around the internet, I discover that in 1914, 2 suffragettes attempted to burn down Burn’s birthplace Not even all suffragettes were happy with this and the power of Burns (or the myth of Burns?) lives on.. digital.nls.uk/scotlandspag...

At some stage, #SouthAyrshireCouncil did a survey of monuments and street names ” and property with possible connections to slavery and other negative aspects of Britain’s colonial past, and to racism” Don’t know what happened as a result of this survey I suspect nothing.