Andrew Redmond Barr
@AndrewRBarr
Writer, illustrator, & map-maker. 🏴🌻📚🎨 Newsletter: https://andrewrbarr.substack.com/
📚 In the Atlas of Scotland you will discover: • 37 hand-drawn maps • 80 mountains • 7 cities • 12 historic towns • 5 international journeys ... and much more! andrewrbarr.bigcartel.com/product/book-a…
Good morning Dundee! I’m here at the Summer Design Market all Friday and Saturday 10-5 at @VADundee. I’ll be here with my Atlas of Scotland project (which includes a city map and wee history of Dundee) plus a range of other illustrations and cards. 🏴 ⚓️
🎪 It's not long to go now until the start of Edinburgh's West End Fair, and I'm really looking forward to setting up my space for the month. I’ll be there for the full run 28 July - 24 August with prints, cards & books. 📍 St John's Kirk, west end of Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Or to quote another poet (MacDairmid) ‘a Edinburgh mad god’s dream’, Fabby!
🌙 My new illustration of Edinburgh, set at night beneath the moon. It was partly inspired by the 18th century poet Robert Fergusson who wrote of the city: ‘Auld Reikie, wale o' ilka town / That Scotland kens beneath the moon!’ 1/2
In the event that Scotland came knocking, we would be welcomed by most Europeans 🏴 Across the five continental countries YouGov asked, the majority in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain (63-75%) say they would support an independent Scotland joining the EU
A beautiful morning here at Newbattle Abbey. A very historic place where the Declaration of Arbroath was (most likely!) drafted. I’m here today exhibiting my work at the Newbattle Summer Fair, featuring all sorts of crafters and designers. Open to the public 10.30am - 5pm. ☀️🏴
Writing about Scotland's Democracy Cairn on Calton Hill for my upcoming newsletter, and came across these wonderful photos from the 1990s of it being built! The Cairn celebrates the campaign for a Scottish Parliament. 📷 Jill Turnbull, Scottish Political Archive collection.
A renowned Scottish film critic has claimed that the Edinburgh Film Festival is ‘created in London and shipped up to Edinburgh for ten days’ amongst claims that ‘ 90% of the people who select the films live outside Scotland and are London-based.’ bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/07/07/edi…
All set up and ready to go at the Kelvingrove Summer Market in Glasgow! Here Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 11-5. 🏴🎨✍️
I’ll be trading at a few different makers’ markets and art fairs this summer, with stops in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee! Next stop: Kelvingrove Summer Market this weekend in Glasgow. 🌻
Thanks so much to everyone who stopped by at the @MeadowsFestival over the weekend. It was a pleasure to speak to people about maps, illustration, Scotland, the future, and everything in between! 🌻🏴🎨 My next stop will be at @leithfestival Gala day, Leith Links, Sat 14 June.
The hanging monasteries of Meteora in the 19th century, Greece
I’ll be back for day 2 of the @MeadowsFestival today (Sunday!) Open 11-6. 🌻 🏴
All set up and ready to go at the @MeadowsFestival! Here with books, prints and cards all weekend. 🌻 🏴 📚
