Olivia Williams: Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?

Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Recorded Olivia Williams said elsewhere, not written here

An electric car.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 April 2022 source ↗

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Jenna Coleman English actress

A Matisse and my Leica camera.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 February 2019 source ↗

Bernadine Evaristo English author and academic

A pair of Russell & Bromley boots with studs. I have had them for eight years and wear them all the time.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2020 source ↗

Carlos Acosta Cuban ballet dancer

A 1955 Jaguar XK120. It was not in very good condition and, little by little, I brought it back to its former splendour.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 September 2018 source ↗

Bradley Wiggins British former professional road and track racing cyclist

I bought a pink leader’s jersey from the 1953 Tour of Italy which belonged to Swiss rider Hugo Koblet. I spent £45,000.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗

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People are often traumatised by the sleeplessness in the first years of their children’s lives, but I was insanely happy to be married and have two children. The only dark cloud was how much we were loathed for having babies who slept through the night.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 April 2022 source ↗