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

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Recorded Francesca Martinez said elsewhere, not written here
I don’t own a property. The carpet in our flat; it’s not fancy or anything.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 March 2020 source ↗

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Jonnie Peacock British athlete
A fast Golf car. I got rid of it after about six months because it kept depreciating in value.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 January 2018 source ↗
Charlie Higson
Three mature palm trees. We restored a property in Italy that had been derelict and I needed to make it look established as quickly as I could.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 October 2025 source ↗
Nick Grimshaw English television and radio presenter
A table that used to belong to David Bowie: it was £13,000.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2017 source ↗

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