Midge Ure: Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?

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

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Recorded Midge Ure said elsewhere, not written here

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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Emma Barnett British broadcaster and journalist

A wedding, in 2012.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 February 2021 source ↗

Jenny Agutter English actress

A £400 Zandra Rhodes dress for the royal premiere of The Railway Children. More recently, a Wurlitzer jukebox for my husband’s birthday.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2018 source ↗

Esther Rantzen

My hybrid car. Not glamorous, not fast, but indispensable.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 February 2024 source ↗

Alex Lawther

My partner was doing a play in Hong Kong last year and I went to visit him, and I bought him a beautiful teacup. But I didn’t look at the price tag before I took it to the till and it was £100, the most expensive teacup imaginable.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 September 2025 source ↗