"‘The Queen and Her Tea Leaves’ was based on the intense media presence the royal family have had in the UK in the past year and exploring the sought-after private life of a fictional queen consort. I was originally concerned that the title just referring to "The Queen" would lead to confusion about the poem's content but those who I showed it to seemed enthusiastic so I decided to leave the title as is.”

"‘Girls in the City’ was inspired by stereotypical social media posts of life in the city which are frequently mocked as being almost oblivious to the real world; I sought to turn that on its head by presenting them as the only ones who felt happy in a world of doom-mongers. It underwent numerous revisions as I tweaked the idea but eventually I decided to leave it because otherwise it would soon lose the essence of that original idea.”

“‘Andalusia’ was a (rare) poem I had the title for before I had the words as I wanted to write material inspired by the names of locations, buildings and people to see what it would draw out. Other poems in this series were named after things I was more familiar with but I chose Andalusia just because I was intrigued by the name and after writing I wasn't sure if writing about a place I had little knowledge about was worth anything, though later I realised it still had merit even just as a response to the emotions drawn up from the name and the limited research I did on the area.”