O aw the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the West. In his memoir of growing up in Ayrshire, Billy Kay refers to this song as an Ayrshire anthem, one of many by Burns which gave people their strong Scottish identity. Here, Billy is joined by one of the countrys finest exponents of Scots song, Robyn Stapleton, from Galloway. Billy will talk about the culture, history, folklore and literature of his home in the Irvine Valley and read passages in a powerful Scots that is shot through with a sense of belongingand a sense of humour! Billy and Robyn performed Born in Kyle at the National Library of Scotland and the Edinburgh International Book Festival last year, and had a tremendous response, so the audience in Nairn is in for a treat.