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Jeremy Paxman provokes Scottish ire with attack on Robert Burns

Jeremy Paxman has provoked fury by dismissing Scottish poet Robert Burns as "no more than a king of sentimental doggerel".

His description of Scotland's defacto national poet was included in the introduction to the new edition of The Chambers Dictionary.

Defenders of the bard have reacted with anger to his comments, calling them "absolute nonsense" and "a disservice" to Scotland.

The Newsnight presenter, who revels in a little controversy, gave his personal opinion of the 18th century poet while explaining why he liked using a number of unusual words.

Read entire article at Telegraph