Kiell Smith-Bynoe: Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?

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Recorded Kiell Smith-Bynoe said elsewhere, not written here

An office in the garden.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 August 2023 source ↗

Others on this question

Three mature palm trees. We restored a property in Italy that had been derelict and I needed to make it look established as quickly as I could.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 October 2025 source ↗

Jenny Agutter English actress

A £400 Zandra Rhodes dress for the royal premiere of The Railway Children. More recently, a Wurlitzer jukebox for my husband’s birthday.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2018 source ↗

A 28ft motorboat, which sat in the water for two years because I was so busy working.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗

Joan Jett American singer, songwriter and guitarist

My electric car: it’s a hybrid Cadillac.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 November 2020 source ↗