Julian Lloyd Webber
British cellist and conductor
My cello. At the time, in 1983, it was £192,500.
Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Question
What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
Question
How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
Question
What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
Question
If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
Question
What does love feel like?
Relationships
Question
When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A ring I bought at Reinstein Ross for myself after a big break-up. It was kind of shallow.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2021 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 203 →The cheapest available Volvo.
Patricia Hodge
English actress
My piano, a boudoir grand. I’ve played since I was six.
My children’s education.
More from Rosanna Arquette
View profile →People who have ghosted me for my politics.
About 40 years ago I drove off an embankment and tumbled down a huge hill. I was standing in the field with my car smashed like a can, saying, “Am I dead?” because I had seen myself dead in the car. Then someone said, “Are you OK?” and I didn’t have a scratch. I believe it was an angel experience.
A really bad film for no money: the director had no idea what he was doing and I was wondering: why am I here?
I would have skipped the time my daughter was nine to 13, when I was in a toxic relationship.
Real love feels like freedom.
I am trying to find a little happiness at least once a day, so this morning.
More on money & investment
Also answered this
Julie Andrews, Tom Ellis, Edward Fox, Nicola Walker, Alison Steadman, Michael Ball
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All money & investment questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject