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
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A business-class flight. Pure indulgence.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 May 2025 source ↗
I saw a very expensive painting by a wonderful American painter called Charles Burchfield. I really loved it – it hit me in the solar plexus – and I thought if I did three extra concerts on tour, I might be able to afford it. And I did.
A case of Chateau Margaux 59.
A television. I don’t care for things. When I moved, I downsized and threw away most of my possessions.
A fast Golf car. I got rid of it after about six months because it kept depreciating in value.
Optimistic, creative, resilient.
I’m quite scared of bats. I’m just seeing rats with wings – no, thanks.
Being an actor is inherently embarrassing. You have to embrace it.
Anyone whose party I said I’d go to and didn’t turn up. I can get quite socially anxious at times.
Probably watching some poor abandoned cat or dog being nursed back to life by a stranger on YouTube.
Lack of confidence masquerading as perfectionism.
Emily Mortimer, Helen George, Clare Bailey Mosley, Gloria Estefan, Jason Manford, Tony Christie
Search the directory for somebody in particular.