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In my 30s, I was staring at a pair of expensive boots in a shop window when the photographer Gordon Parks came up behind me. He instantly understood, because he grew up even poorer than me; he made me buy them on my credit card.
Perfume for the wife, and the Jaguars. They were always secondhand. I have had every kind except the E-Type.
A Savile Row suit. Never again. Although I love it, I still feel guilty about what it cost.
My penny farthing. It was £1,200. I’ve ridden it to Buckingham Palace and back.
Buying art…. But it makes me happy!
A wedding, in 2012.
My dog was quite expensive. She’s a Bedlington whippet, named Rafi after Mohammed Rafi, the famous Indian singer. She’s got a boy’s name, but she doesn’t mind.
The cheapest available Volvo.
A black Russian terrier – I paid almost £4,000 for him.
A painting of a man who was killed on the Dutch coast in 1600.
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