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
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A business-class flight. Pure indulgence.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 May 2025 source ↗
Art. I recently bought a Sean Scully painting, I have a Damien Hirst, a Tracey Emin, a Polly Morgan snake and a couple of Jonathan Yeos.
A ring I bought at Reinstein Ross for myself after a big break-up. It was kind of shallow.
A ring for my wife.
A Dalí painting.
Optimistic, creative, resilient.
I’m quite scared of bats. I’m just seeing rats with wings – no, thanks.
Being an actor is inherently embarrassing. You have to embrace it.
Probably watching some poor abandoned cat or dog being nursed back to life by a stranger on YouTube.
Not being flexible enough to dance freely.
Like everything is in high definition, and life is on your side.
Munroe Bergdorf, Marina Abramović, George Takei, Stephen K Amos, Fiona Allen, Robert Peston
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