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.
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A family holiday – anywhere the kids demand. Last year, I wanted us all to go to Egypt and my daughter said, “No, we’re going to go to Grenada.” So we did.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 October 2018 source ↗
Thirty-odd years ago I bought a black pinstripe suit which I thought was £900. But when I went to pay that was just the jacket – the trousers and waistcoat were extra. I didn’t have the balls to put anything back. I dread to think how much it cost me in the end.
A business-class flight. Pure indulgence.
I love clothes and accoutrements, so it would be either a suit or a watch. I love Mark Powell in Soho, and Paul Smith.
My car, a dilapidated old Jag.
Doing the bins while working for McDonald’s in west Ealing.
When I realised I wasn’t going to make it as a singer-songwriter when I was about 25.
To anyone I’ve hurt unintentionally.
Any song by Donny Hathaway.
When my mother was alive. She passed away 14 years ago.
As someone who cared about others.
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