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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A Dalí painting.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2026 source ↗
A case of Chateau Margaux 59.
I don’t own a property. The carpet in our flat; it’s not fancy or anything.
A matt grey Range Rover. It’s been rebadged, so instead of Range Rover it says Range Rylan.
I spent £600 on Rudolf Nureyev’s ballet shoes after he died. He was the biggest idol in my life and influenced me hugely.
Alchemy. Love. Resilience.
Looking after the flowerbed on my windowsill.
Composer, pirate, scientist, philosopher.
Not being there for my daughter.
Evolve or perish.
“You don’t stand a chance of succeeding as a writer in this country. The demographics are against you.” They were wrong. The only demographic that counts is the human heart.
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