Sandi Thom is interviewed at the 2008 Burns Night at Harvey Nichols in London. She is wearing a tartan dress. “I got it from a website called scottishheritage.com,” she says. “They’ve got like kilts and all sorts of stuff. They've got all these bodices – it’s kind of quite Vivien Westwood. If you want one of these they come in all sorts of tartans.”
What does Burns Night mean to her? “Well, he was a womaniser, he was a bit of a rogue, but he was also a man who wrote some brilliant poetry. He did pen one of the most famous songs of all time, because we all sing Auld Lang Syne at new year all across the world – that was his song. So he’s part of Scotland's culture, and although he was kicking about a couple of hundred years ago you’ve still got to remember him for what he did.”
Will she ever do something with one of his works, musically? “Maybe I’ll do a rehash of Auld Lang Syne or something, you never know.”
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