Bob Johnston, originally from Brighton, is the owner of the Gutter Bookshop, one of Ireland’s leading independent bookshops, which has two branches in Dublin, in Temple Bar and Dalkey, writes Marjorie Brennan.

A Hong Kong bookseller who has been missing for two months has reappeared in an interview with Chinese media, saying he was not abducted but instead crossed illegally into mainland China to help authorities with an investigation.