Alan Johnson at Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)
Amid a slew of politiciansâ memoirs in recent years, Alan Johnsonâs This Boy was comfortably among the finest: one critic called it âthe best political testament Iâve ever readâ. 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.