I had a lot of fun designing Nat’s Dad’s house, not least because I’m not giving you much conversation to figure out his character from, so how he keeps his house has to count for a lot. He’s a West Ham supporter. When I lived in the UK it became clear that I couldn’t NOT have a team, despite never having watched a full football match, so for various specific but uninteresting reasons, I ended up going with the Hammers.

His house is a real building. It’s not the same now as it will be in 500 years, but, that’s how old it is in this time period. That will only seem strange to non-Europeans. I lived in a very ordinary, 200-year old flat in London.