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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A caravan. I was brought up going on caravan holidays – but we quickly realised that a double-axle caravan was too much of a commitment and sold it.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗
My collection of paintings. I have some by William Burroughs.
When I was 18, I bought a boat for a million pounds and sold it a year later for just over half the price.
A mink coat in 1975 (it was the done thing then). It cost me £5,500.
A 19th-century ebony and cane chair from the Raj period.
It would have been lovely to have grown up in private like a lot of my friends.
The Strictly Come Dancing final almost destroyed me. I was howling all the way through – John and Johannes and then Rose and Giovanni. Oh my God.
There are different flavours of happy, but I think my favourite is the quiet contentment when several generations of family are sitting together watching a crowd-pleaser like Harry Potter on the telly.
I wanted to be like my dad, who was an academic, because he had an office packed full of books, always had loud music on, and seemed to get to do what he wanted.
I’d rather be enjoyed while I am still here.
My biggest disappointment is always myself. That’s my Catholic upbringing.
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