The question
Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?Originally asked
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Three degrees: I paid my kids’ uni fees.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2025 source ↗
An Andy Warhol Polaroid of Debbie Harry.
A horse. I have two: Vesperal Dream and According To Sarah.
Jüngling (1917) by Erich Heckel.
Holidays. In the Spice Girls, we found ourselves with quite a few quid, so it was lovely to hire a big house in the Caribbean and have friends and family over.
What I studied at college – A-level economics.
A Pot Noodle on a cold day.
Healthier food from motorway service stations – I am always going through them late at night and it’s all rubbish.
By people smiling or shaking their heads. I’ll even take rolling their eyes.
To people who I’ve made a really quick joke about on stage and hurt.
A book of passwords for all the electrical stuff in the house.
Melanie Chisholm, Adeel Akhtar, Paul O'Grady, Daniel Mays, Chris Hoy, Gloria Steinem
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