The question
Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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The cheapest available Volvo.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 March 2024 source ↗
In 1992 I was in New York, and somebody showed me a work by Louise Bourgeois. I never realised that sculpture could move me, and I was so affected by this piece that I bought it. It was a lot of money.
Jüngling (1917) by Erich Heckel.
I bought a Mercedes convertible brand new in 2016 and I’ve only done 4,000 miles. I love cars – if I’m going to blow it, it’ll be on a sports car. I already have my eyes on the next one – I’ll get Simon Cowell to buy it.
Perfume for the wife, and the Jaguars. They were always secondhand. I have had every kind except the E-Type.
An all-embracing welfare state.
I will let you know when I find out.
Am I enjoying it too much to find out?
Fainting as a chorister in Winchester Cathedral in the middle of a service.
Retirement – I thought it was a bad idea.
Tall, arrogant and loving.
Robert Peston, Jeremy Vine, Gloria Steinem, John Prescott, John Lewis, Kellie Maloney
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