John Cairney as Robert Burns in the 1965 BBC adaptation of There Was a Man – Bob Nicholson/Radio Times via Getty Images John Cairney, who has died aged 93, was a prolific actor, writer and, latterly, artist who became indelibly associated with Robert Burns, the Scottish “bard” whom he portrayed ...
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