Bruce Dickinson: 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?

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

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Recorded Bruce Dickinson said elsewhere, not written here

A Cessna Golden Eagle eight-seater aircraft. I flew it across the Atlantic both ways and did two US tours and two European tours in it. I finally sold it and got a job as an airline pilot in which I was paid to fly, rather than the other way round.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2024 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 ↗

Kwame Kwei-Armah Actor and playwright

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.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 October 2018 source ↗

Billy Crudup

An education for my child.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 February 2026 source ↗

Lee Child

A painting by Renoir, paid for by demanding a huge fee for a screenwriting deal with a producer I didn’t want to work for. The movie was never made.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2025 source ↗

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Question What is your greatest fear? Identity & self

Well, I’m not too happy about snakes. I also hate sand. It’s very inconvenient.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2024 source ↗

Question What keeps you awake at night? Daily life

Runway 27R at Heathrow.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2024 source ↗

Question How close have you come to death? Death & what remains

I’ve been asleep at the wheel on the M11, had an engine fire over the Atlantic in a light aircraft, driven unprotected through an enemy firing zone to do a gig in wartime Sarajevo – the list goes on and on. But I did have stage 3 throat cancer and was cured by some fantastic UK medics.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2024 source ↗