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 ↗
A wedding ring.
A picture: Cocky Patriot by Gilbert and George.
A pair of Balenciaga boots. They were extortionate, but that has to be at least 10 years ago and I still wear them.
My dogs. They didn’t cost that much to buy, but I’ve been paying for them since. We’ve two Tibetan terriers, Danny and Wilbur.
I wanted to be in the circus.
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.
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.
People having really loud conversations on their phones in public places.
Sofia Coppola, Ben Okri, David Arquette, Tegan Quin, Michael Stipe, Nish Kumar
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