We talk to former Home Secretary Alan Johnson about his memoir Please Mister Postman, where he shares his experience as a postie and how the postal service has changed over the years. He also discusses his recent memoir on music, In My Life, and give us a flavour of his debut novel, Mascara.
Owner of the Wigtown Post Office, Mary Wallace, tells us the story of her journey back to Wigtown after a nursing career in Australia.
Award winning novelist Jan Carson is a dedicated user of the post to send new stories to readers near and far. She talks to us about how she got into writing stories on postcards and how Lockdown is having a chilling effect on her writing. She also reads a couple of her micro fictions - each of which fit nearly onto a postcard.