du Beke: 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

The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded du Beke said elsewhere, not written here

I don’t know, because I spend like a man with three arms. I am always spending on clothes; I like to have things made.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2019 source ↗

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Jeremy Deller English artist

Jüngling (1917) by Erich Heckel.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2020 source ↗

George Takei

I went overboard on the money I invested in the production of Allegiance. It did not return, but it was fulfilling that I was able to tell a story that’s dear.

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

Omid Djalili British stand-up comedian and actor

The concept of New Labour.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2010 source ↗

Scott Mills English radio DJ and television presenter

I splash out on holidays and scented candles – I’ve got one that my fiancee won’t let me light, so it’s just for show.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 October 2022 source ↗