Damian Leighton Barr FRSA (born 20 July 1976) is a British writer, columnist, and playwright.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and host of the Literary Salon at Shoreditch House, which also encompasses the Reading Weekend.
In 2014, he presented several editions of the BBC Radio 4 cultural programme Front Row.
His most famous piece of work is his 2013 memoir Maggie & Me, centered around British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's 1984 assassination attempt by the IRA.