Omid Djalili: 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

The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.

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Recorded Omid Djalili said elsewhere, not written here

The concept of New Labour.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2010 source ↗

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Rose Tremain English writer

A cream suit from Chanel that cost almost as much as a small car.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2022 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 ↗

Maya Jama British television and radio presenter

My Birkin bags, which I plan to pass on to my future children.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2023 source ↗

Anita Rani British broadcaster and journalist

My dog was quite expensive. She’s a Bedlington whippet, named Rafi after Mohammed Rafi, the famous Indian singer. She’s got a boy’s name, but she doesn’t mind.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 July 2021 source ↗