The question
Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have 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.
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A bespoke wagonette I had made in Germany; I drive a pair of Clydesdale horses called Ronnie and Bruce.What do you most dislike about your appearance? The lot.
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A wedding ring.
A Chanel dress. I bought it with my first proper paycheck and it was ridiculously expensive. It is also hideous.
A holiday in New York for my son Arran’s 18th.
I saw a very expensive painting by a wonderful American painter called Charles Burchfield. I really loved it – it hit me in the solar plexus – and I thought if I did three extra concerts on tour, I might be able to afford it. And I did.
A kitchen porter at some big telecom office in Wimbledon. I was also a kitchen porter at L’Escargot and, while I was there, a model for Gilbert and George. It was a quick £15 and they were terribly nice.
On childhood family holidays in Mallorca, with my mum, dad and sister, Amanda.
I often cry when people do things well, like on Britain’s Got Talent; I cried at the old ladies doing finger knitting.
Abseiling down a cliff for Doc Martin in a suit, carrying a medical bag.
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