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Three things

Prominent Australians on the objects that shaped them, get them through the day, and bring them joy in strange times

  • Australian pro surfer and Guiness world record holder Matt Formston

    Three things with pro surfer Matt Formston: ‘Voiceover technology just opened my whole world’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the legally blind surfer tells us about life-changing technology – and why his wife calls him a prima donna
  • Australian celebrity chef Mark Olive

    Three things with chef Mark Olive: ‘Those Y-shaped vegetable peelers? I hate them’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the Bundjalung food figure shares his preference for peelers – and why he’s kept his primary school report cards
  • Australian actor Heather Mitchell

    Three things with Heather Mitchell: ‘Where I live the leaf blowers drive me mad’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the actor tells us about her weapon against noise pollution – and the jewellery she lost while ‘doing something really stupid’
  • Megan Burslem

    Three things with ABC Classic’s Megan Burslem: ‘My earplugs are handy for gigs and when a dad sneezes’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the violist and radio host tells us about her cheap, squishy ear accessories – and why she treasures her teenage diaries
  • Tkay Maidza

    Three things with Tkay Maidza: ‘My goal was to be the next Serena Williams’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the tennis hotshot turned rapper shows off her trophy collection – and sings the praises of Epsom salts
  • Ella Hooper

    Three things with Ella Hooper: ‘The term “crushing it” has never been so fitting’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the Killing Heidi singer tells us about a crucial kitchen gadget – and a ‘snack-sized’ guitar that changed her life
  • Melissa Leong

    Three things with Melissa Leong: ‘I think they revoke your licence to be Asian if you don’t own a rice cooker’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the TV presenter tells us of the kitchen appliance that doubles as a beauty product – and how she lost, and found, her boundaries
  • Australian TV and radio host Melissa Doyle

    Three things with Melissa Doyle: ‘It’s funny what we get attached to as kids’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the TV host tells us about a beloved toy – and an essential machine that kickstarts her mornings
  • Stephen Curry

    Three Things with Stephen Curry: ‘I’ve ruined a prodigious number of campfires with my guitar playing’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the actor shares a blazing playlist – then makes a public confession to his wife
  • Kate Mulvany

    Three things with Kate Mulvany: ‘I’d frame all that bewilderment and fury and hang it on a wall’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the actor and writer tells us about a childhood photograph – and her trusty, wizardly companion
  • British-Australian TV personality Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson appears in the SBS documentary Came From Nowhere.

    Three things with Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson: ‘It’s a dirty, smelly old beast, rather like myself’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the TV personality tells us about his emotional connection to his car – and a missing box of memories
  • Australian country musician Troy Cassar-Daley

    Three things with Troy Cassar-Daley: ‘Johnny Cash wanted to strum my guitar before he signed it’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the country music star tells us about his most cherished possession and the ‘endless pencil’ he can’t write without
  • Australian comedian Joel Creasey

    Three things with Joel Creasey: ‘I’ve built almost every Lego flower kit known to man’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the comedian tells us how he avoids the temptation of post-show drinks – and his obsession with daily ice baths
  • Nat's What I Reckon

    Three things with Nat’s What I Reckon: ‘Losing part of my lung was a real kick in the guts’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the sweary cook and comedian tells us about learning to look after himself – and his fashion awakening at a skate park
  • Bruce Pascoe

    Three things with Bruce Pascoe: ‘My teeth were all over the place, like a dropped Mahjong set’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the Dark Emu author talks about his childhood tooth brace – and what he grabbed from his property as a bushfire bore down
  • Matildas player Kyah Simon

    Three things with Matildas player Kyah Simon: ‘It’s my saving grace and the key to recovering before a game’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the football star tells us about an athletic ‘life-saver’ and her vast collection of jerseys
  • Actor Kerry Armstrong during rehearsals for Into the Shimmering World, at Sydney Theatre Company (on from 8 April to 19 May)

    Three things with Kerry Armstrong: ‘He’d hidden the engagement ring in his board shorts’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the actor tells us of a lucky escape from a house fire – and being robbed in New York
  • A woman in a beige-coloured dress leaning against a dark grey wall

    Three things with Virginia Trioli: ‘I have several small graters from Japan, each for a certain foodstuff’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the ABC journalist and presenter tells us about a tiny kitchen appliance – and why she has given up on doonas
  • Melanie Zanetti appears in a special 28-minute episode of Bluey, which premieres Sunday 14 April.

    Three things with Bluey’s Melanie Zanetti: ‘I never loved a stuffed toy again’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the voice of Chilli Heeler talks about her childhood heartache – and the box of precious items she has kept from that time
  • Australian comedian and television presenter Tom Ballard standing against a dark grey background

    Three things with Tom Ballard: ‘It is an eternal, loving reminder of my humiliating failure’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the comedian tells us about a twee and torpid plant holder – and a treasured tome from a teacher.
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