Mr Sidhu’s Post Office author: “I’m a firm believer that the old things are the good things”

Mr Sidhu’s Post Office author: “I’m a firm believer that the old things are the good things”

This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine.“I’m a firm believer that the old things are the good things,” Amman Brar tells me. His debut novel, Mr Sidhu’s Post Office, is inspired by his father, who was a subpostmaster in Richmond-upon-Thames by way of a rural Punjabi village. “The things that have lasted thousands of years are probably good; there’s a reason they’ve lasted that long. There are plenty of bad things too, of course, but s…