Alan Johnson (2015 Event)

Amid a slew of politicians’ memoirs in recent years, Alan
Johnson’s This Boy was comfortably among the finest: one critic
called it ‘the best political testament I’ve ever read’. The
former Home Secretary returns to the Book Festival with his
sequel, Please, Mister Postman, which takes a nostalgic journey
back in time and paints a vivid picture of Britain in the 1970s
and in this Edinburgh International Book Festival event, recorded
live, he talks to Scottish journalist and broadcaster Ruth
Wishart and thoroughly charms his audience.