"It’s like rats in London, I’m never more than 6 feet away from financial disaster."

Why I spent a week catching octopuses.

"What would I do with £10,000? I’d spend it on something that would bring me joy."

Can you really earn a book advance on Kickstarter?

"I really believe that ‘luxury’ is a feeling."

"Making hay while the sun shines…"

"My earliest money memory is money literally saving my life."

"I used to think I was one bad day away from complete devastation; now I have faith that if that bad day comes, I’ll survive."

It could be you!

What's your financial stress response?

"Biggest money mistake? Letting myself be talked out of buying Amazon shares in 2012."

"I always score at the riskiest end of the scale in the pensions quiz!"