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James Max, a former investment banker with Morgan Stanley, was a candidate on the first ever British TV series of the The Apprentice, making the semi-final before he heard the words “you’re fired”. He has presented current affairs radio shows for the BBC, LBC and TalkSPORT and TalkRADIO. A former board member of BNP Paribas’ UK real estate business, he currently acts as an adviser to Stanhope, and is a trustee of the Royal Albert Hall.

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  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    UK property
    When is the best time to sell your home?

    Now that ‘playing the market’ is no longer an option in the UK, moving has become a complex decision

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    Personal Finance
    Readers criticise private healthcare costs

    Renewal premiums top the complaints prompted by James Max’s column

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
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    Rich People’s Problems: Health insurance makes me sick

    Renewing my private medical cover brought on an attack of the vapours

  • Thursday, 24 December, 2020
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Rich People’s Problems: Where’s the party?

    Covid means I haven’t eaten a canapé in the whole of December

  • Friday, 27 November, 2020
    Luxury holidays
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    All my exciting travel plans for this year came to nothing

  • Friday, 30 October, 2020
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Rich People’s Problems: How to show off in a pandemic

    Socialising moves outdoors with patio heaters, barbecues and fire pits

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Rich People’s Problems: Should I sell my Hermès ties?

    As work turns casual, there is a thriving secondary market for second-hand office wear

  • Friday, 28 August, 2020
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Rich People’s Problems: Forget Ocado — I’m off to Farmfoods

    Apply brand disloyalty and stop being snooty about where you shop

  • Friday, 31 July, 2020
    Luxury goods
    Rich People’s Problems: I can’t complain

    Lockdown has blunted my ability to demand better

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    Rich People’s Problems: Burglars took far more than my worldly goods

    No amount of insurance cover will bring back those memories

  • Friday, 29 May, 2020
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Rich People’s Problems: A memorable way to turn 50 under lockdown

    My lavish birthday plans were snuffed out by pandemic

  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    How are you coping without your cleaner?

    James Max, the FT columnist, takes questions from readers about the misery of household chores

  • Thursday, 30 April, 2020
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Rich People’s Problems: tales of domestic squalor in lockdown

    I refuse to be defeated by a king-sized duvet cover

  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
    Private wealth
    Rich People’s Problems: Looking after mum and dad 

    Octogenarian parents are resistant to calls to self-isolate 

  • Friday, 28 February, 2020
    UK Budget
    Rich People’s Problems: Coal fires go up in smoke 

    A roaring fire used to be comforting; now it makes you a pariah

  • Friday, 7 February, 2020
    How To Spend It
    How To Give It: beyond the bake sale

    The Rich People’s Problems columnist on why we need to rethink charity

  • Friday, 24 January, 2020
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Rich People’s Problems: I’m feeling the pinch — relatively speaking

    Storm Brendan left a hole in my roof and I’ve just paid my tax bill

  • Friday, 27 December, 2019
    UK property
    Rich People’s Problems: The trials and triumphs of moving house

    Runaway dogs, a new heating system to learn and things lost in the move — but it’s all been worth it

  • Friday, 29 November, 2019
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Rich People’s Problems: For the love of cash

    In these uncertain times, nothing beats the feeling of grasping a wedge of fifties 

  • Friday, 25 October, 2019
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Rich People’s Problems: Why did I buy a puppy?

    Lock up your Balenciagas or else the dog will eat them

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2019
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Rich People’s Problems: Keeping up with the neighbours

    In a display of friendly one-upmanship, they’ve just bought a Bentley convertible

  • Thursday, 29 August, 2019
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Rich People’s Problems: Swimming pools — the deep money pit

    But who wouldn’t want to sunbathe on a massive blow-up unicorn while floating in the pool?

  • Friday, 26 July, 2019
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Rich People’s Problems: I’ve put my back out

    The cost of private medical insurance is the least of your worries when you can no longer put on your socks

  • Friday, 28 June, 2019
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Rich People’s Problems: Anyone for tennis?

    When it came to saving the local lawn tennis club, the ball was firmly in my court

  • Friday, 24 May, 2019
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Rich People’s Problems: Time for change — out with the Apple Watch

    Your choice of timepiece tells the world a great deal about your wealth and class

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