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Twins Gemma (left) and Claudia Hollingsworth, 20.

‘Your siblings don’t define you’: These twins took their own singular directions

Gemma and Claudia Hollingsworth spent their entire lives together, until their careers – one on the stage, the other on the world’s running tracks – took off.

  • Konrad Marshall

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Bella Freud, left, and sister Esther.

‘She doesn’t want to upset people - I probably do’: Bella Freud on sister Esther

Fashion designer Bella Freud and her novelist sister are daughters of artist Lucian Freud and great-granddaughters to Sigmund.

  • Amanda Hooton

‘I’m with you, mate’: Days after Rob’s son drowned, so too did Adrian’s daughter

Last year, Rob Maniscalco lost his 15-year-old son, Lachie, in an accident. Days later, Adrian Chen’s daughter Tegan, 10, died in similar circumstances.

  • Katie Cunningham
Sean French (left) and Nicci Gerrard have written 27 books together under the pseudonym Nicci French.

Over 34 years, Nicci and Sean have penned 27 thrillers together – under one pseudonym

Nicci Gerrard and Sean French write under the pseudonym Nicci French and live in London and Norfolk.

  • Jane Wheatley
Rod Holdaway (left) holds a bust he created of Merrick Fry.

Cupcakes, a whinge and a cuddle: Two artists on crafting a decades-long friendship

Rod Holdaway and Merrick Fry met at a gallery opening in Sydney’s inner west 25 years ago and have been mates ever since.

  • Stephen Lacey
Caleb Mills (left) and James Chapman. “Even though Chappo faced much bigger physical hurdles, he got what I was going through,” says Mills.

Chappo didn’t like Shakes when they first met. Now, they’re ‘like brothers’

Since meeting in year 7, James “Chappo” Chapman and Caleb “Shakes” Mills have been there for each other, physically and emotionally.

  • Sheriden Rhodes
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They’d been friends for decades – then they applied for the same job

Addressing “the elephant in the room” ensured nurses and besties Sonia Robinson and Kylie Harwood maintained their 27-year-long friendship.

  • Nicole Abadee
Alifa Putri (left) admired Adi Nagara in 2015 while watching him cut mangoes in Jakarta.

He was a management consultant; she’s a Harvard grad. Now they sell pre-owned clothes

For Alifa Putri, watching Adi Nagara cutting mangoes in Jakarta in 2015 led to an international romance.

  • Lenny Ann Low

‘How do I get down?’ Torvill and Dean on the highs and lows of their lives

The British figure-skating champions’ near-perfect Winter Olympics performance in 1984 was just one peak in their long partnership.

  • Konrad Marshall
Partners in business and life, J. Y. Lee (left) and Thi Le.

‘I’d be cruel’: Thi tried to push J.Y. away, then the reason came out

The partners in business and life have helped each other cope with neurodiversity and lingering trauma while running Anchovy, their Melbourne restaurant.

  • Dani Valent

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