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
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A brilliant hi-tech, low weight tent.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2023 source ↗
I saw a very expensive painting by a wonderful American painter called Charles Burchfield. I really loved it – it hit me in the solar plexus – and I thought if I did three extra concerts on tour, I might be able to afford it. And I did.
An Andy Warhol Polaroid of Debbie Harry.
I would not like to know what my total massage budget is.
My car. I don’t even drive, but I bought a Toyota hybrid for my assistant.
I lived in Cape Town, and I was spotted on the street and signed up by a modelling agency. I did about three shoots before I realised I hate having my photograph taken and I like food.
My husband, Ludo, for not really getting why war movies are fun to watch.
The worms get to feast.
“We’d love you to be on the cover of our magazine and we’ll give you a makeover.”
I wanted to be in the circus.
The first time I stood on top of the hill that I now live on, in 2007.
Sofia Coppola, Ben Okri, David Arquette, Tegan Quin, Michael Stipe, Nish Kumar
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