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Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?Originally asked
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A matt grey Range Rover. It’s been rebadged, so instead of Range Rover it says Range Rylan.
My microphone cost me six grand.
My children’s education.
A Feurich piano: one of the first things I bought when I could afford it.
I didn’t get a part in a TV series for a writer that I’ve always wanted to work with, but I wasn’t right for it, if I’m truly honest.
Fifty per cent of the books on my shelf, so much so that I gave them away.
Removal of fear and anxiety.
Not being able to work.
Learning lines.
My parents, because I rather slipped from their standards on more than one occasion. And when they got older, I wish I’d been kinder and more tolerant with them.
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