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

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.

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Kellie Maloney Retired boxing manager, promoter and politician
A black Russian terrier – I paid almost £4,000 for him.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2024 source ↗
Matt Goss English singer-songwriter
My Patek Philippe watch collection; or my cars – an Aston Martin and Bentley Mulsanne.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 March 2022 source ↗
Julie Hesmondhalgh English actress and narrator
An old camper van that has cost me more in repairs than my house, my wedding and all the holidays I’ve ever been on.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 February 2018 source ↗

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When I had a bicycle accident when I was 24. I was on a bridge going down; the bicycle broke and I smashed to the ground, face first. I broke my jaw and my teeth, and had to have plastic surgery. It all took half a year and then, funnily enough, I got my first big job – a TV series – with what I thought of then as this big, ugly scar.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 September 2020 source ↗

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