Wednesday 19th January 2011
Scotland appoints new national poet
Scottish Government
Poet and playwright Liz Lochhead has been announced as Scotland's new Makar.
The announcement was made by the First Minister Alex Salmond and former First Ministers Lord McConnell and Henry McLeish.
Ms Lochhead, who will undertake her first official engagement this Friday when she opens the new Burns Museum in Alloway, will replace Edwin Morgan who died in August last year.