"I could bring breakfast," he suggests. "Or lunch, I suppose, depending on whether Rosie sleeps through the night."

Yes, he sometimes gets up in the middle of the night when his goddaughter starts crying to address the situation. Or, well. Often it's not so much that he gets up as that he's already up and he might as well help because John's still having a rough go of it most days.

"Although it's entirely likely I'll see you at work before then."