Angela Hartnett: 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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Angela Hartnett said elsewhere, not written here

When I first started at The Connaught, I bought a pair of antique diamond earrings at Fred Leighton in New York.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗

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Warren Buffett Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025

Some material things make my life more enjoyable; many, however, would not. I like having an expensive private plane, but owning a half-dozen homes would be a burden. Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner.

Recorded His own pledge letter, written on joining the Giving Pledge in 2010, The Giving Pledge, 2010 source ↗

Julian Lloyd Webber British cellist and conductor

My cello. At the time, in 1983, it was £192,500.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2023 source ↗

Frank Cottrell-Boyce British screenwriter, novelist and actor

I took the whole family to live in the Basque Country for a year. My children and I have a hereditary blood condition so I took out a health insurance policy. I’m still furious that none of us so much as stubbed a toe.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 July 2023 source ↗

Giovanna Fletcher