Michelle Dockery: Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?

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

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Michelle Dockery

British actress

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

A very nice holiday.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2020 source ↗

Others on this question

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Mike Skinner English rapper

My microphone cost me six grand.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2009 source ↗

Anita Rani British broadcaster and journalist

My dog was quite expensive. She’s a Bedlington whippet, named Rafi after Mohammed Rafi, the famous Indian singer. She’s got a boy’s name, but she doesn’t mind.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 July 2021 source ↗

Jenna Coleman English actress

A Matisse and my Leica camera.

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

Douglas Stuart Scottish fashion designer and novelist

My creative freedom. I was the creative director of a large fashion brand when I packed it all in to pursue my writing.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2023 source ↗