The question
Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?Originally asked
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A brilliant hi-tech, low weight tent.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2023 source ↗
The arcade game, Guitar Hero. I’ve got the full unit in my house. It’s so sad.
A ring for my wife.
Art. I recently bought a Sean Scully painting, I have a Damien Hirst, a Tracey Emin, a Polly Morgan snake and a couple of Jonathan Yeos.
A mink coat in 1975 (it was the done thing then). It cost me £5,500.
The very first day that I was filming Top Gear, for which I was so unqualified because I’d only ever driven a Fiat Uno. I got into a DB7 Vantage Volante outside the Aston Martin factory, put my foot on the accelerator and bunny-hopped across the gravel because I’d forgotten to take the handbrake off.
Scruffy, infuriating and kind.
The worms get to feast.
The first time I stood on top of the hill that I now live on, in 2007.
People having really loud conversations on their phones in public places.
“We’d love you to be on the cover of our magazine and we’ll give you a makeover.”
Martin Freeman, Courtney Pine, Emilia Fox, Sara Cox, Dominic Cooper, Cybill Shepherd
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