Jeremy Vine: Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?

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Recorded Jeremy Vine said elsewhere, not written here

My penny farthing. It was £1,200. I’ve ridden it to Buckingham Palace and back.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2019 source ↗

Others on this question

Emma Barnett British broadcaster and journalist

A wedding, in 2012.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 February 2021 source ↗

Robbie Williams English singer

A ring for my wife.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 May 2017 source ↗

Edith Bowman Scottish radio DJ and television presenter

A pair of Balenciaga boots. They were extortionate, but that has to be at least 10 years ago and I still wear them.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2021 source ↗

A 28ft motorboat, which sat in the water for two years because I was so busy working.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗

Joy and frustration.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2019 source ↗

As a good father.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2019 source ↗

To be able to cycle from my home in Chiswick [west London] to the centre of London on a fully segregated lane.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2019 source ↗

I’d stop my teenage self worrying about how my life was going to pan out.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2019 source ↗

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