Katherine Parkinson: Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?

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Katherine Parkinson

English actor

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A Chanel dress. I bought it with my first proper paycheck and it was ridiculously expensive. It is also hideous.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 September 2020 source ↗

Others on this question

Julian Sands British actor

A case of Chateau Margaux 59.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2020 source ↗

Carlos Acosta Cuban ballet dancer

A 1955 Jaguar XK120. It was not in very good condition and, little by little, I brought it back to its former splendour.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 September 2018 source ↗

John Lewis U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1987–2020; Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1963–1966

Buying art…. But it makes me happy!

Recorded Vanity Fair, Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 6 December 2019 source ↗

Ruth Jones Welsh actress, producer, and writer

A bed from Savoir Beds. People spend loads of money on cars, but spend more of their lives sleeping than driving. The maths is wrong, if you ask me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 November 2018 source ↗