Jim O’Neill
Being raised as a child on Styal Road in Gatley was the best gift I ever received. The road was divided down the middle between Cheshire and Manchester. We were on the Manchester side and it meant I had to attend primary and junior school in Wythenshawe. It was a tough upbringing, and it had a profound influence on my development and life.
Duncan Fallowell
The best gift I ever received was unexpected dollars in the Will of a friend; and the worst was cannabis made from reconstituted tyre-rubber. Best gift given: paying someone's fine to keep them out of gaol. Worst given: a too-short necklace to a cherished female who nearly choked to death trying to prove that it wasn't too short (it had to be quickly cut off with secateurs).
Amanda Craig
The best gift I’ve ever received is my Fiat 500, given to me by my husband. It’s a perfect little meringue of a car which can be parked in the smallest spaces, and even grumpy white van men give way to it. The worst, also from my husband, was a pair of Mrs Thatcher gold and pearl earrings. I can’t bear them, even as a joke.
My own best presents in the marital department seem to be a fire-pit from Save the Children, a scrabble set with wooden tiles and an antique garden bench; the worst, ties. Women should be banned from buying men ties.
More: Jemima Khan, Jon Snow and others tell Prospect about their best presents—and the worst—here
Being raised as a child on Styal Road in Gatley was the best gift I ever received. The road was divided down the middle between Cheshire and Manchester. We were on the Manchester side and it meant I had to attend primary and junior school in Wythenshawe. It was a tough upbringing, and it had a profound influence on my development and life.
Duncan Fallowell
The best gift I ever received was unexpected dollars in the Will of a friend; and the worst was cannabis made from reconstituted tyre-rubber. Best gift given: paying someone's fine to keep them out of gaol. Worst given: a too-short necklace to a cherished female who nearly choked to death trying to prove that it wasn't too short (it had to be quickly cut off with secateurs).
Amanda Craig
The best gift I’ve ever received is my Fiat 500, given to me by my husband. It’s a perfect little meringue of a car which can be parked in the smallest spaces, and even grumpy white van men give way to it. The worst, also from my husband, was a pair of Mrs Thatcher gold and pearl earrings. I can’t bear them, even as a joke.
My own best presents in the marital department seem to be a fire-pit from Save the Children, a scrabble set with wooden tiles and an antique garden bench; the worst, ties. Women should be banned from buying men ties.
More: Jemima Khan, Jon Snow and others tell Prospect about their best presents—and the worst—here
