The question
Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?Originally asked
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A brilliant hi-tech, low weight tent.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2023 source ↗
A ring I bought at Reinstein Ross for myself after a big break-up. It was kind of shallow.
When I was 24 or 25, I bought a Warhol canvas. It was a lot of money to throw down on a little painting, but I’ve always loved art.
Art: a James McQueen piece that says, “It’s all shits and giggles until someone giggles and shits.” It’s in our bathroom.
My car. I don’t even drive, but I bought a Toyota hybrid for my assistant.
The worms get to feast.
I wanted to be in the circus.
The very first day that I was filming Top Gear, for which I was so unqualified because I’d only ever driven a Fiat Uno. I got into a DB7 Vantage Volante outside the Aston Martin factory, put my foot on the accelerator and bunny-hopped across the gravel because I’d forgotten to take the handbrake off.
Scruffy, infuriating and kind.
Not feeling old but everyone treating you that way.
My husband, Ludo, for not really getting why war movies are fun to watch.
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