Saturday with Jan Brierton: 'I’ve been surprised that my poems have landed so well with people — it’s lovely'

I had no expectations of where it would take me so I just hopped on board for the ride.

08.30

I get up at around 8.30am. I used to get up an hour earlier than everyone else to watch telly or carve out an hour to myself. Because my dad’s been unwell, and everything has been upended, I now happily stay in bed for an hour in the knowledge that other people are pottering around downstairs.