Midge Ure: Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought? — FLAPSS

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

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Midge Ure

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A 28ft motorboat, which sat in the water for two years because I was so busy working.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗

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Courtney Pine British jazz musician

A saxophone for £8,000.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2022 source ↗

Patricia Hodge English actress

My piano, a boudoir grand. I’ve played since I was six.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 September 2018 source ↗

Emilia Fox English actress and presenter

A birthday present I hoped would mean a lot to the person. I had their family history researched and a book made.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 October 2018 source ↗

Meghan Trainor American singer-songwriter

At the beginning of 2019, I brought my entire family with me on my honeymoon to Bora Bora.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2024 source ↗

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Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

It’s not all soft focus and wheat fields. Love songs can be about hate, fear, envy, lust and anger, because that’s part of love as well.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗

Question What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you? Failure & regret

I stopped drinking 18 or 19 years ago, and in an argument someone who will remain nameless said: “Oh just go and have a drink.” It was nasty.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

Sitting on the fence – I will do anything to avoid confrontation.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗

Question What do you believe happens when we die? Death & what remains

Other people get sad.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗

Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Content, assured, indecisive.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Apathy, either from an audience, the people around me or myself.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗

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