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An evening with... Damian Barr

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Mon, 01 Sep, 2025 at 07:30 pm

18,High Street, NP8 1BD Crickhowell, United Kingdom

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Mon, 01 Sep, 2025 at 07:30 pm (BST)

18, High Street, NP8 1BD Crickhowell

Webbs Of Crickhowell, 11 High Street, Crickhowell, NP8 1BD, United Kingdom, Govilon

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An evening with... Damian Barr
Join us for an evening with author Damian Barr to discuss his new book 'The Two Roberts' – a novelisation of the true story of working class artists, Robert Colquhoun and Bobby MacBryde. All tickets include a glass of wine or a soft drink and there will be the opportunity to get your book signed too.

‘Epic and touching’ DAVID NICHOLLS

‘Working-class life and artistic Bohemia collide in this novel of all-consuming passion and the torture of creation. Brilliantly written, poignant and powerful. This is Damian Barr’s chef-d’oeuvre’
IAN RANKIN

About 'The Two Roberts':
Meet Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun: artists, lovers, outsiders. From 1930s Glasgow to wartime London, The Two Roberts is a captivating love story, inspired by the true story of their wild lives.

Scotland, 1933. Bobby MacBryde is on his way. After years grafting at Lees Boot Factory, he’s off to the Glasgow School of Art, to his future. On his first day he will meet another Robert, a quiet man with loose dark curls – and never leave his side. Together they will spend every penny and every minute devouring Glasgow – its botanical gardens, the Barras market, a whole hidden city – all the while loving each other behind closed doors. With the world on the brink of war, their unrivalled talent will take them to Paris, Rome, London. They will become stars as the bombs fall, hosting wild parties with the likes of Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Elizabeth Smart. But the brightest stars burn fastest.

Stunningly reimagined, 'The Two Roberts' is a profoundly moving story of devotion and obsession, art and class. It is a love letter to MacBryde and Colquhoun, the almost-forgotten artists who tried to change the way the world sees – and paid a devastating price.


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An evening with... Damian Barr, 1 September | Event in Govilon | AllEvents
An evening with... Damian Barr
Mon, 01 Sep, 2025 at 07:30 pm