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Guardian Australia journalists Sarah Martin and Tory Shepherd have been friends a long time. In this final epsiode of The tale I dine out on, they recount a hectic night in Hamburg during the 2017 G20 in which an encounter with Vladimir Putin’s security team gave them the story of a lifetime. The tale I dine out on is a summer series from 10 of our favourite storytellers – actors, comedians, writers and Guardian staff – in which they recount a story that never fails to entertain

Guardian Australia’s social media reporter and presenter Matilda Boseley was enjoying the view as she cycled home from work. An untimely distraction on her brand-new bike revealed a lot more than a lake filled with swan poo. The tale I dine out on is a summer series from 10 of our favourite storytellers – actors, comedians, writers and Guardian staff – in which they recount a story that never fails to entertain

Playwright, theatre director and Quandamooka man Wesley Enoch on how a wedding ring, curlews and a ‘grandfather’ ghost gum brought him the connection to country he craved. The tale I dine out on is a summer series from 10 of our favourite storytellers – actors, comedians, writers and Guardian staff – in which they recount a story that never fails to entertain

When author and broadcaster Wendy Harmer was sent to cover the Academy Awards, she was thrilled. But the star-filled night was plagued with a series of mishaps. The tale I dine out on is a summer series from 10 of our favourite storytellers – actors, comedians, writers and Guardian staff – in which they recount a story that never fails to entertain.

When the actor and author’s childhood crush turned up as his hairdresser, he felt compelled to listen to her advice. The makeover he received became his ‘Everest’ of 1979. The tale I dine out on is a summer series from 10 of our favourite storytellers – actors, comedians, writers and Guardian staff – in which they recount a story that never fails to entertain

Chef and restaurateur Kylie Kwong grew up with family dinners filled with her mother’s Cantonese cooking. But dinners stopped for two nights after Kwong came out to her dad as gay. What happened next was something she never could have imagined. The tale I dine out on is a summer series from 10 of our favourite storytellers – actors, comedians, writers and Guardian staff – in which they recount a story that never fails to entertain

Mike Bowers is Guardian Australia’s photographer-at-large and host of Talking Pictures on ABC’s Insiders. In this episode of ‘The tale I dine out on’ he tells the story of how the idea for the show started on a drunken night in a Brussels pub and reflects on 20 years of photographing Australian politics. ‘The tale I dine out on’ is a summer series from 10 of our favourite storytellers – actors, comedians, writers and Guardian staff – in which they recount a story that never fails to entertain

Comedian Rhys Nicholson has a strong instinct for muggings because it’s happened many times. But they don’t always go the way either side expects. In this episode Nicholson tells the story of a ‘very, very polite mugging’ in which the thief made a rather unexpected declaration. The tale I dine out on is a summer series from 10 of our favourite storytellers – actors, comedians, writers and Guardian staff – in which they recount a story that never fails to entertain

Guardian Australia’s political reporter Amy Remeikis loves country shows – from the performances and fresh food to the $1 cake and tea. So when she wrote a story about her country show experience in Texas, Queensland she was hardly expecting to be banned from visiting again. ‘The tale I dine out on’ is a summer series from 10 of our favourite storytellers – actors, comedians, writers and Guardian staff – in which they recount a story that never fails to entertain

Twenty-three years ago podcaster and author Yumi Stynes was auditioning to be on live TV when something extraordinary happened. In this first episode of Full Story’s special summer series The tale I dine out on, Stynes shares how her ‘horniness’ for her first media job led to an extremely up-close encounter with singer Robbie Williams. The tale I dine out on is a summer series from 10 of our favourite storytellers – actors, comedians, writers and Guardian staff – in which they recount a story that never fails to entertain