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.
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A designer green jacket from Selfridges I bought in my 20s for £700, a ridiculous amount of money. My family and friends said I looked like a peace activist and I never wore it again.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2020 source ↗
I am a shoe and bag freak. I shelled out for a Chanel handbag on eBay and it was still four figures!
My dogs. They didn’t cost that much to buy, but I’ve been paying for them since. We’ve two Tibetan terriers, Danny and Wilbur.
An electric-yellow mohair rug.
A Feurich piano: one of the first things I bought when I could afford it.
The highest of highs and the lowest of lows.
As an everyman who could act a bit.
The light in my neighbours’ kitchen because they still haven’t put a blind up.
Bringing two kids into the world, but my interrogation scene in Line Of Duty comes a close second. It was 12 minutes long and, without question, the hardest passage of dialogue I’ve had to learn.
A utility room.
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