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Ten years ago I bought a painting. I lived with it for a year before realising I didn’t like it at all. So it’s on my wall, mocking me daily.
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I splash out on holidays and scented candles – I’ve got one that my fiancee won’t let me light, so it’s just for show.
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I spend most money on my garden.
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A 1962 Fender Stratocaster guitar I bought in 2014 for £10,000.
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Like you are standing with an army.
Funerals are for the people left behind, so I don’t mind.
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