Andrea Riseborough: Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?

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

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Andrea Riseborough

British actress

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I have quite a collection of ironic band T shirts.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗

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Paul O'Grady British comedian, actor and television presenter

I had a midlife crisis and paid 70 grand for a Morgan AeroMax which looked just like Cruella de Vil’s car. I was in a permanent state of terror and soon sold it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 November 2021 source ↗

Tracy-Ann Oberman Actor and writer

A beautiful, sequined dress for a showbiz function. It was pushing £1,850.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 August 2021 source ↗

Bruce Dickinson English heavy metal singer

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.

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

Shane MacGowan Irish singer-songwriter