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Best of Two of Us 2024
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Best of Two of Us 2024

The couplings that gave readers all the feels this year.

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Mum and daughter sailors were together 24/7 for two months – and had only ‘one tiff’
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Mum and daughter sailors were together 24/7 for two months – and had only ‘one tiff’

Sophie Snijders and her mum, Annette Hesselmans, spent two months on a boat together in 2018 - good training for their upcoming Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

  • by Konrad Marshall
‘I was a mess’: How Margaret Pomeranz helped her son through the death of his twins
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‘I was a mess’: How Margaret Pomeranz helped her son through the death of his twins

Film critic Margaret Pomeranz and her eldest son, Josh Pomeranz, on enduring the worst of times – and welcoming two blockbuster creations.

  • by Fenella Souter
‘I just lay in bed and hugged her all night’: When your bestie loses her life partner
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‘I just lay in bed and hugged her all night’: When your bestie loses her life partner

Robyn and Sally met at school and both ended up in fashion. They’ve been there for each other through the sudden loss of partners - one via divorce, the other a scooter accident.

  • by Katrina Strickland
Going into the male-escort business, Anna felt social backlash. But not from Alla
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Going into the male-escort business, Anna felt social backlash. But not from Alla

Male escort agency owner Anna Grosman and psychic medium Alla Kuzmis both contend with the judgment of others – and give each other unconditional support.

  • by Susan Horsburgh
‘Let’s do one more year’: At 90, Nancy and Betty still teach teen boys athletics
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‘Let’s do one more year’: At 90, Nancy and Betty still teach teen boys athletics

Over 50 years, through tragedy and other hurdles, Nancy Atterton and Betty Moore’s friendship has stayed on track.

  • by Tim Elliott
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Midnight Oil rocker Jim had one quality Christabel had never seen in a man
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Midnight Oil rocker Jim had one quality Christabel had never seen in a man

Author Christabel Blackman and her partner, Midnight Oil co-founder Jim Moginie, met at an age they least expected to rediscover love.

  • by Lenny Ann Low
In Ashlee’s childhood of drug deals and violence, Grandma’s home was a safe haven
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In Ashlee’s childhood of drug deals and violence, Grandma’s home was a safe haven

Marita fought her addict daughter for years for custody of her granddaughter, Ashlee.

  • by Melissa Fyfe
‘He is absolutely immune to my charms’: Wil Anderson on good mate Adam Spencer
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‘He is absolutely immune to my charms’: Wil Anderson on good mate Adam Spencer

Comedian, broadcaster and author Wil Anderson and comedian, maths geek and author Adam Spencer on their not quite “traditional” friendship.

  • by Lenny Ann Low
Whether he’s singing to five fans or 10,000, Dean gets blunt advice from brother Sean
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Whether he’s singing to five fans or 10,000, Dean gets blunt advice from brother Sean

Dean Lewis is a platinum-selling singer-songwriter, whose younger sibling Sean Loaney is his official videographer – and “voice of reason”.

  • by Lenny Ann Low
Simmone Logue and twin Joey on love, loss – and lunch with Alan Jones
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Simmone Logue and twin Joey on love, loss – and lunch with Alan Jones

Best friends as well as twins, the celebrity cook and artist have weathered depression, dementia and death.

  • by Nicole Abadee

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