Sharon Corr: 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?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Recorded Sharon Corr said elsewhere, not written here

When I initially made money with the Corrs, I bought a Jaguar XK8.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2023 source ↗

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Nicola Walker British actress

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.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 January 2017 source ↗

Courteney Cox American actress and producer

A Banksy painting.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2019 source ↗

Sandi Toksvig Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer

My five-litre Ford Mustang.

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

Carol Vorderman

My aeroplane, a Diamond DA42. It’s a twin-engine aircraft and I bought her brand new to fly around the world solo. Very sadly my mum was diagnosed with terminal cancer about six weeks before I was due to take off, in May 2017, and she died early June. After that, I lost interest in doing it.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗

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Question What is the worst job you have done? Craft & work

I worked in my aunt’s bar in Dundalk for about eight years and I remember cleaning the whole bar, including the bathrooms, after a particularly rough St Patrick’s Day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2023 source ↗