Damian Barr

04/08/2025

This scaffolding is speaking deep
Wisdom to me.

28/07/2025

Happy Monday, beloved readers.

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24/07/2025

My first interview about my new novel and the exhibition I’m curating alongside it (at Charleston in Lewes from Oct 15)

24/07/2025

Series 7! We are back! You can catch up on bbc iplayer now. Thanks again to bbc scotland for keeping books on telly and to iwc for producing. And you for watching!

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Live recordings of BBC Scotland's book series The Big Scottish Book Club. Filmed on location at Leith Theatre on Monday 11th August 2025.

23/07/2025

I remember watching this!

“Fashion and style are not the same thing. Fashion is something you do when you don’t know who you are. Style is something that comes from within. Style and stylish are not the same thing, either. When you see someone who is dressed very stylishly, all that means is that they can afford to look like the pictures in the glossy catalogs; it doesn’t mean they have style. Style is something that comes from knowing who you are.” ~ Quentin Crisp

This is a publicity shot for the movie THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT, starring John Hurt as Quentin Crisp. The photographer is unknown.

"All Things Quentin Crisp" at crisperanto.org

21/07/2025

Well, that was a birthday like no other. A lot of crying and a lot of laughing and a lot of both at once.

Thanks to my pal Dee for this beautiful photo.

16/07/2025

New tour dates added: Edinburgh, Kelso, Berwick, Chichester and maybe the moon.

I'm launching the Two Roberts in conversation with the brilliant Okechukwu Nzelu at the Southbank Centre on Aug 21. There will be joy, air-conditioning and actual books ( a week before publication!)

This link also works for the special signed and dedicated pre-order edition I am doing for indie bookshops Porty Books and City Books.

A BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2025 FOR THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, HERALD AND BBC

26/06/2025

Home now. Resting.

Love this pic of my and wee Mum, taken by my sister while we were heading to the great hall for graduation ceremony.

I was as proud of her as she was of me. Still am.