HW
I spent £600 on Rudolf Nureyev’s ballet shoes after he died. He was the biggest idol in my life and influenced me hugely.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2017 source ↗
The question
Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?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.
Others on this question
View all 198 →
Courtney Pine
British jazz musician
A saxophone for £8,000.
Michelle Dockery
British actress
A very nice holiday.
Insurance – it’s such a scam.
Ronnie Wood
English rock musician
Paintings and guitars. I have Picasso prints and one Rembrandt etching.
More from Harriet Walter
View profile →Everything. I’ve one of those brains that doesn’t quieten down.
In some way your life is doubled. You’re you and the other person.
My mother, because I didn’t appreciate until after she’d gone that she was a vulnerable human being. I just expected her to know everything and be everything.
I went to a funeral where they played Cheek To Cheek: Fred Astaire singing “Heaven. I’m in heaven… ” Everyone smiled. I’d like that.
When I got to 40 and realised I hadn’t read all the books I needed to read to understand the world.
An actor. When I was really young, I wanted to be a fishmonger’s wife.
More on money & investment
Also answered this
Jenny Agutter, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Martin Freeman, Dominic Cooper, Emilia Fox, Cybill Shepherd
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