Adeel Akhtar: 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 Adeel Akhtar said elsewhere, not written here

A snazzy coffee machine that grinds beans and steams milk.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 May 2018 source ↗

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Douglas Stuart Scottish fashion designer and novelist

My creative freedom. I was the creative director of a large fashion brand when I packed it all in to pursue my writing.

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

Belinda Carlisle American singer

I’ve been doing pilates for 25 years and I swear by it. I decided to kit out a room with pilates equipment – and I think it’s the most expensive thing I’ve invested in.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2023 source ↗

Louis Walsh Irish music manager and television personality

I have a Maserati. I love pop art and I collect Warhol, Hirst and Hockney.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2017 source ↗

Matt Goss English singer-songwriter

My Patek Philippe watch collection; or my cars – an Aston Martin and Bentley Mulsanne.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 March 2022 source ↗