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Fenella Souter

Fenella Souter

Fenella Souter is a Sydney-based journalist.

“We haven’t always agreed, but we’ve connected,” says Sylvia Hrovatin.

How a planner and a protester bridged the gap to become friends

For decades, Sylvia Hrovatin and Jean Stuart worked on opposing sides of an ideological divide. Somehow, they stayed friends.

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‘No one told us it could be dangerous’: Marie and Stephanie on the day that changed their family forever

When a volcano in New Zealand erupted in 2019, tourist Stephanie Browitt suffered terrible injuries. Her mum was waiting anxiously nearby on their cruise ship.

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“It annoys me that people often underrate her,” says Sue Kirby (left) of Blanche. d’Alpuget. “She’s still ‘the other woman’, who ‘stole’ Bob.”

‘She got all the blame’: The public view of Blanche d’Alpuget that makes her schoolfriend ‘so angry’

Dr Sue Kirby and author Blanche d’Alpuget met as eight-year-olds. It was partly because of Sue’s father that Blanche and former PM Bob Hawke got together.

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Marc Freeman and Camilla Freeman-Topper: “We never get sick of each other. We talk on the phone up to 20 times a day.”

Camilla and Marc on the rule that saves their sibling partnership

Camilla Freeman-Topper and Marc Freeman are united not only by their fashion label Camilla and Marc, but a campaign driven by their shared childhood loss.

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Sometimes, a fake pill can make us feel better. Science is starting to reveal why

How can sham treatments make us feel better or worse? Fascinating research is studying the placebo effect and its negative cousin, the nocebo.

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Sharman Palmer and Yung Starling:

‘It gives me goosebumps’: The graduation gift from the woman Yung calls ‘Mum’

In 2000, Vietnamese-born Yung was in Australia alone and living in a refuge. Then she met Sharman.

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Sarah and Paul Davis at their studio in Paddington.

Artist Paul ‘likes order’: Sarah got a glimpse of how much on their second date

On the day they met in 2006, this couple shared an instant attraction. They’ve been together ever since – experiencing new life as well as loss.

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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.

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Lowanna Grant stayed living with mum Karla into her 30s. Here’s why

The journalists work together, watch TV together – then there’s the tattoos ...

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Peter Simpson has lived alone for about 30 years and suspects he’d be a “terrible person” to live with.

Home alone and happy, thanks very much

Forget lonely-only, cats-and-wine clichés: solo dwellers are on the rise across much of the world – and flourishing.

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