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Despite ‘different interests’, these mates have had coffee every Sunday for 15 years

Same time, same table, same order: Ian and Scott met through their wives decades ago. Without ever planning ahead, they catch up over flat whites each week.

  • Susan Horsburgh

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Emma became a vet like her dad – then rethought how to treat dying pets

Veterinarian Emma Whiston took childhood inspiration to rethink pet euthanasia.

  • Dani Valent

As a child, Madeleine was tough on her step-mum. Now she’s one herself

Novelist Madeleine Gray and her barrister father Peter Gray reveal how a mutual love of the silly has helped them weather challenging times.

  • Nicole Abadee

They help the needy - then the challenging times hit home, literally

CEO of Sydney’s Wayside Chapel Jon Owen and his pastor wife, Lisa, help some of society’s most disadvantaged while also facing their own family issues.

  • Tim Elliott
Stu and Janell Clarke with their three dogs (from left) Azra, Shadow and Weeti.

This couple set off to travel the world. Ten years and three rescue dogs later ...

Their motorbike trip was only supposed to last two years.

  • Jane Albert
Laura Jones: “He was born to write and interpret the world.”

A kidney stone made Laura realise Lech was special. Then she won the Archibald

Going out with another creative involves knowing when to offer support – and when to leave them alone.

  • Nicole Abadee
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The couplings that gave readers all the feels this year.

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.

  • Konrad Marshall

‘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.

  • Fenella Souter

‘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.

  • Katrina Strickland

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