A 28ft motorboat, which sat in the water for two years because I was so busy working.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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Three degrees: I paid my kids’ uni fees.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2025 source ↗
Three mature palm trees. We restored a property in Italy that had been derelict and I needed to make it look established as quickly as I could.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 October 2025 source ↗
A garden chair from the Chelsea flower show. It was almost the price of a small crappy car.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 December 2025 source ↗
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 ↗
A Dalí painting.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2026 source ↗
A sports car. I was in my 20s; I’d fallen out with my boyfriend, so to cheer myself up I got myself a little silver and black Mazda and a matching jumper and jacket. And do you know what, it worked. I saw him do a double take.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 August 2026 source ↗
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