Damian Barr (2013 Event)

In his effervescent memoir Maggie and Me, journalist, writer and
gifted storyteller Damian Barr explains how his family, living in
the shadow of Ravenscraig, learned to thrive in Scotland during
Margaret Thatcher’s 1980s. In this event, recorded live at the
2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival, Barr talks honestly
to Richard Holloway about his exuberant and moving life story,
touching on a turbulent family life, coming out in small–town
Lanarkshire, religion and the influence of Margaret Thatcher on
his childhood perceptions.