Best of Two of Us 2024
From brothers to best friends, fathers and sons, husbands and wives and many other couplings in between: 12 reader favourites from the magazine’s beloved Two of Us stable.
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‘I’m so glad he ignored me’: Alan Kohler on the advice son Chris didn’t take
Despite working for rival TV networks as finance editors, there’s no competition between this father and son.
- by Melissa Fyfe
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‘I’m in awe’: Megan and Murray were both widowed with two kids – now they’re a family
Their partners died young. She had two little girls, he had two little boys.
- by Nicole Abadee
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When Dean was locked up, he told Felicia to move on with her life
Miner Dean told his then fiancée, a former Miss Australia winner, not to wait for him when he was sent to jail for drug trafficking. Thankfully, she ignored him.
- by Erin O'Dwyer
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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
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I said, ‘You know my conditions are genetic?’ He said, ‘That’s OK’
NewsRadio Breakfast presenter Thomas Oriti met ABC reporter Nas Campanella in a regional bureau in 2012 – with instant attraction.
- by Amanda Hooton
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After their dad died, these brothers clashed. One letter changed that
Michael and Richard Unsworth used to fight. Now they’re running a garden centre, and their relationship’s in full bloom.
- by Lenny Ann Low
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She moved to Paris for love despite speaking no French. An instant fairytale? Non!
After a whirlwind romance, Melbourne-born interior designer Loretta Genovesi quit her job to be with entrepreneur Nicolas Collignon.
- by Dave Tacon
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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
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‘My default position is melancholy; Alice’s isn’t’: You Am I’s frontman on love
After two failed attempts at a relationship, musician Tim Rogers and choreographer Alice Topp have made a home among the kangaroos in rural Victoria.
- by Jane Albert
‘She was looking after four medical students: three children and me!’
After 57 eventful years of marriage, Phan Giang Sang and Kim Châu are clear about what matters in life.
- by Fenella Souter
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Ann Patchett almost binned Aussie Meg Mason’s novel. Now, they’re ‘profound friends’
Authors Meg Mason and Ann Patchett became friends in early 2021. They voice-note each other most days to talk about life, death and nut roast.
- by Amanda Hooton
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As refugees, they slept on the ground. Three kids, study and work is ‘nothing’
When Noël fled the Rwandan regime, his long-time sweetheart Delphine followed.
- by Amanda Hooton
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