Ian McMillan is an acclaimed English poet, writer, playwright, and broadcaster.

He is well known for his strong and distinctive Yorkshire accent on such programmes as BBC Radio 3’s The Verb.

He continues to live in Darfield, the village of his birth, and is a fervent, season-ticket holding fan of his hometown football club, Barnsley FC (he has his fingers firmly crossed ‘the mighty Reds’ make the end-of-season play-offs!).

Ian is also a long-standing client of Lifetime – and when it comes to his own finance story, the man known as the ‘Bard of Barnsley’ is happy to let Lifetime do the talking for him!

In the following video Ian, in his usual ebullient, engaging style, gives a unique snapshot of what his relationship with Lifetime is like – and why he feels his financial future – and his ‘bucket’ – is in safe hands.

• Ian is prolific on Twitter (@IMcMillan) and his way with words, poetry and general musings has attracted thousands of followers.