Paul Routledge

Boy, can Alan Johnson write

A review of ‘Please, Mister Postman’, by Alan Johnson. This second instalment of the former minister’s autobiography takes us from the urban jungle of Notting Hill to the cusp of political power

Comforting domesticity: Alan Johnson with his stepdaughter Natalie and daughter Emma

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