Clare Bailey Mosley: Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?

Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Recorded Clare Bailey Mosley said elsewhere, not written here

A garden chair from the Chelsea flower show. It was almost the price of a small crappy car.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 December 2025 source ↗

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Jenna Coleman English actress

A Matisse and my Leica camera.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 February 2019 source ↗

Edith Bowman Scottish radio DJ and television presenter

A pair of Balenciaga boots. They were extortionate, but that has to be at least 10 years ago and I still wear them.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2021 source ↗

Ally McCoist

A holiday in New York for my son Arran’s 18th.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2024 source ↗

Fiona Allen

A sports car. I was in my 20s; I’d fallen out with my boyfriend, so to cheer myself up I got myself a little silver and black Mazda and a matching jumper and jacket. And do you know what, it worked. I saw him do a double take.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 August 2026 source ↗