David Gentleman: ‘I designed stamps for the Nauru government so my family could join me on holiday’
David Gentleman, 92, found fame as an artist in the 1960s with his watercolours, lithography and wood engraving. He has produced some 20 books and illustrated 37…
Phil Daniels: ‘I got paid £20k just to say a bank’s name on an advert’
Have you invested in property? Over the years but not any more: I have just a flat now. In the 1990s I had a cottage in Devon…
Chef Nathan Outlaw: ‘Fine dining was too ‘hush hush’ – we make more money now the restaurant’s relaxed’
Nathan Outlaw, 43, is the chef who found fame in 2004 when he won his first Michelin star. His Restaurant Nathan Outlaw had four AA Rosettes and…
Steph McGovern: ‘My best financial decision? Leaving the BBC’
Property aside, what’s the most expensive purchase you’ve ever made? I had a dream when I was a kid that one day I’d go back to my…
Actor Felicity Kendal: ‘My father would never forgive me for owning two houses’
Felicity Kendal, 75, found fame in 1975 in the BBC television series The Good Life. She has starred in many West End plays since the 1960s, such…
Journalist Richard Ingrams: ‘The Lord Lucan case nearly bankrupted us’
Richard Ingrams, 84, co-founded the satirical magazine Private Eye in 1961 and became editor in 1963, a post he retained until 1986. He was a regular on…
Martin Roberts: ‘I lost a fortune in Spanish property – now I only buy British’
What’s the worst investment you’ve made? I bought holiday lets, mostly in Spain, in the early 2000s, when it seemed like overseas investment was the way to…
Eileen Atkins: ‘My advice for avoiding money troubles? Don’t get married’
Eileen Atkins, 87, is the actress who found fame in 1966 on Broadway in The Killing of Sister George. She co-created TV series Upstairs, Downstairs and The…
Barbara Taylor Bradford: ‘I got paid $32m to write three books’
Barbara Taylor Bradford, 88, has sold more than 100 million novels. Born in Leeds in 1933, she moved to New York in the early Sixties after a stint…
Stuntman Jimmy O’Dee: ‘I made 80 times my money on Bitcoin – but then scammers struck’
James O’Donnell (aka Jimmy O’Dee), 53, is a stunt co-ordinator and performer. His stunt work includes 124 films and TV series such as The Da Vinci Code,…
Shaparak Khorsandi: ‘We bought our veg at Harrods then lost everything in the Iranian revolution’
Comedian and writer Shaparak Khorsandi, 48, rose to national prominence with her sellout Edinburgh show, Asylum Speaker, in 2006. Since then she has appeared on television and…