Jenny Agutter: 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

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Recorded Jenny Agutter said elsewhere, not written here

A £400 Zandra Rhodes dress for the royal premiere of The Railway Children. More recently, a Wurlitzer jukebox for my husband’s birthday.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2018 source ↗

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Ralph Ineson English actor and narrator

Diamonds for my wife.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 February 2018 source ↗

Paul O'Grady British comedian, actor and television presenter

I had a midlife crisis and paid 70 grand for a Morgan AeroMax which looked just like Cruella de Vil’s car. I was in a permanent state of terror and soon sold it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 November 2021 source ↗

Jonnie Peacock British athlete

A fast Golf car. I got rid of it after about six months because it kept depreciating in value.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 January 2018 source ↗

James Norton English actor

A Rose Wylie painting.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 July 2022 source ↗