Dominic Cooper: 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 Dominic Cooper said elsewhere, not written here

My Austin Healey.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Meera Syal British writer and actress

Holidays. For years, I would book a big house in Britain for a week for the entire family. There would be 14 of us. I don’t regret a penny.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 April 2018 source ↗

Rosanna Arquette American actress

A ring I bought at Reinstein Ross for myself after a big break-up. It was kind of shallow.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2021 source ↗

John Lewis U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1987–2020; Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1963–1966

Buying art…. But it makes me happy!

Recorded Vanity Fair, Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 6 December 2019 source ↗

Michael Ball English singer, presenter and actor

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.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2023 source ↗