Alex Lawther: 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 Alex Lawther said elsewhere, not written here

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.

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

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Val McDermid Scottish crime novel writer

A BMW 6 series convertible. It was smashing.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 February 2020 source ↗

John Prescott Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

Perfume for the wife, and the Jaguars. They were always secondhand. I have had every kind except the E-Type.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 April 2018 source ↗

Ruth Jones Welsh actress, producer, and writer

A bed from Savoir Beds. People spend loads of money on cars, but spend more of their lives sleeping than driving. The maths is wrong, if you ask me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 November 2018 source ↗

Marina Abramović Performance artist

A cashmere shawl.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 October 2024 source ↗