Page 152 Inside Gillian Armstrong’s mind Page 157 Top noise-cancelling headphones Page 160 The new Mercedes-Benz Coupé iQ.

Golden Years Why the David Bowie exhibition is the hottest ticket of the month.

Page 168 Brian Duffy

July 2015 | QANTAS 151 iQ. Who Knew?

If you could have dinner with two famous people, living or dead, who would you choose? Orry-Kelly and Bette Davis. After two years researching their lives, they sound like very lively dinner companions and I’ve got a few more questions! As Orry was also known for honesty, we’d have fun. What travel experience is on your bucket list? Iceland and Alaska, even though I hate the cold. But [seeing] a polar bear and an iceberg are on my wish list. How do you switch off? I’m a TV junkie. I turn televisions on when I walk into rooms and watch whatever – mostly news, talk shows, the weather and breakfast programs. When I actually sit down, I’m a very snobby viewer. I watch documentaries on the ABC or SBS or Apple TV, or I binge-view all the latest great cable drama – from The Killing to , Mad Men and Olive Kitteridge. What’s your guilty pleasure? [TV series] Border Security. I say it’s because of my professional interest in human behaviour – and the amount of time I’ve stood in lines at airports wondering who everyone else is and what their secrets are. What quality do you most admire in men? Blue eyes smiling at me. What quality do you most admire in women? Laughter – with me. If you could turn back time, what would you change? I’d have learned another language when the brain was more agile, say at age six. Starting French at high school was too late for my brain. Also, it seemed a bit late for maths. What’s your greatest strength? What is your greatest achievement? Gillian Honesty. Getting Lyla to walk to heel. The next What’s your greatest weakness? challenge is to contain her new… let’s say, Armstrong I am too honest. It could also be called slightly aggressive behaviour to all those tactless and abrupt – even rude! It’s small yappy dogs that used to attack her. a Sagittarian fault. Who’s your personal hero? What scares you? My bloke [flm editor John Pleffer]. He has She’s been bagging awards since Oncoming traffc. put up with a lot over the past 40 years. 1979’s My Brilliant Career. But here, What virtue do you admire most in people? He’s a great dad as well… and has blue eyes. director-producer Gillian Armstrong Compassion. Where would we find you at a party? says her greatest achievement is not If you could do any other job, what By the food and drink table with a glass, on screen – it’s on the end of a leash. would it be? talking and waving my hands around and I wish I could be a fabulous singer. I do knocking over stuff. love the power of holding a hand mic. If you were an animal what would it be? What’s one thing about you that would A dolphin. All that jumping out of the water surprise people? looks fun. And I love warm blue oceans. I don’t drive. If you were down to your last $20, what What’s your most treasured possession? would you spend it on? Lyla Belle, the labrador-poodle cross known A good movie and a choc top, of course! in the family as Fur Child. What’s your idea of absolute happiness? Gillian Armstrong’s new documentary, Women INTERVIEW BY DI WEBSTER Seeing my daughters and the dog He's Undressed, about Australian costume

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAMIAN BENNETT laughing together. designer Orry-Kelly, is released on July 15. Styling by Amanda Newman. Hair and make-up by Wayne Chick. PhotographedSydney (qtsydney.com.au). on location Gillian at QT Armstrong own her jewellery and shoes wears Balenciaga (eastonpearson.com); pants Pearson Easton top and Chloé(parlourx.com.au), jacket from Parlour X

152 QANTAS | July 2015 iQ. Books & Music

BOOK REVIEWS BY PAUL ROBINSON THE PLAYLIST

LONG HAUL SHORT HAUL LAYOVER COURTNEY BARNETT Singer-songwriter

Her debut album, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, The Harder They Come Granta 131 The Sunlit Night was released to rave TC Boyle Edited by Sigrid Rausing Rebecca Dinerstein reviews in March – even Bloomsbury, $29.99 Granta, $24.99 Bloomsbury, $27.99 Ellen DeGeneres called the Melbourne-based TC BOYLE’S latest novel NOTHING gives you more bang JILTED by her boyfriend and alt-rock muso one of her blasts off at warp speed. When for your buck than Granta, the with her parents’ marriage favourite new artists. Here, a tour group is held up by armed UK publisher that turns “the on the rocks, Frances escapes Courtney Barnett shares robbers in the Costa Rican jungle, attention of the world’s best Manhattan to accept a painting her own favourites – Vietnam vet Sten Stensen saves writers onto one aspect of the apprenticeship at an isolated including The Lemonheads’ the day, catches the attention way we live now”. Combining artist colony in Lofoten, an “Paid to Smile”, which she of the media and becomes fiction, reportage, memoir and archipelago in the Norwegian calls “the perfect pop song”. a minor celebrity. But back home poetry with photo essays, every Sea. There she meets Yasha, who in California, his racist/survivalist edition offers abundant thought has buried his Russian father in son is on the brink of going postal. provocation – in bite-size chunks this “peaceful place at the top of Dick Diver Using turbocharged prose, Boyle – for all tastes. The Spring 2015 the world”. In her debut novel – by “Waste the Alphabet” paints a frightening picture of issue, The Map Is Not the Territory, turns melancholy and humorous America’s radical right-wing focuses on the chasm between but always acutely observed – Teeth & Tongue psyche in all its gun-totin’ our view of the world and how Dinerstein explores the nature “Cupcake” off-the-grid glory. His alienated it really is. Standouts are the of family dysfunction, grief and characters, fuelled by paranoia, frontline journalism of Charles loss as two lonely people collide Darren Hanlon parrot anti-government Glass (Armenian genocide in under the midnight sun. The “The Chattanooga propaganda in an atmosphere Syria) and Janine di Giovanni (Iraq inescapable conclusion is that Shoot Shoot” where seeing someone else’s conflict), and the short stories of setting our personal GPS relies viewpoint is akin to treason. Kevin Canty (The Florida Motel) less on geography and more Boys Next Door This is a timely, unsettling and and Ottessa Moshfegh (Nothing on the people we care for. This “Shivers” provocative read. Ever Happens Here). is a writer to watch. You Am I “Heavy Heart”

Peaches (feat Iggy Pop) “Kick It” LIE ON THE BEACH A Fortunate Age tech boom of the late ’90s, Joanna Rakoff crashing to a halt with 9/11’s The Lemonheads Bloomsbury, $29.99 reality check. This is a reworking “Paid to Smile” of Mary McCarthy’s The Group FRESHLY graduated from private – officially a homage – but the Tweedy liberal arts college Oberlin, a Gen satire and harsh judgement of “Low Key” X clique is ready to make its mark the 1963 novel is mostly absent. on New York. The money-making Gently funny, Rakoff’s writing George Harrison imperative is slowly supplanting is perceptive – especially with “My Sweet Lord” “being interesting” and bohemian pop-culture references – and disarray in Brooklyn is being she obviously cares about her The Kossoy Sisters traded for middle-class comforts. characters. Lightweight yet “I’ll Fly Away” The action occurs during the strangely worthy.

154 QANTAS | July 2015 iQ. Technology

REVIEWS BY JENNETH ORANTIA

Do not disturb

GOOD noise-cancelling headphones don’t come cheaply but they’re priceless if you want much-needed shut-eye on the plane. With microphones in the ear cups, these high-tech marvels detect external noise – from chatter in an offce to the hum of aeroplane engines – and cancel it out, making your surroundings as quiet as a Trappist monk with laryngitis… in deep space. Noise-cancelling technology needs battery power to operate and while most headphones continue working passively if you run out of juice, there are some that don’t. For long-distance travellers, this may mean you’ll need to recharge the headphones during the fight.

Sennheiser Momentum Beats Studio Wireless Sony MDR-1R Noise Bose QuietComfort 25 2.0 Wireless $479.95 Cancelling MK2 $399 $799.95 au.beatsbydre.com Headphones bose.com.au en-au.sennheiser.com For some, the popular Beats $569.95 Bose has long set the standard OK, they’re exxy but these By Dre name alone will be sony.com.au for great noise-reduction and German-engineered headphones enough to sway them into the Ignore the standard-issue black cancelling headphones and offer an unbeatable combination Beats Studio Wireless camp. trappings; these MDR-1R MK2 these don’t stray from this of style and audiophile-grade These headphones combine headphones from Sony are fine tradition. Clamping these performance. The soft leather Bluetooth wireless playback a cut above the rest thanks to headphones – which come ear pads let you wear them with active noise cancellation the outstanding noise cancellation in black or white – over your comfortably for many hours at in a fashion-forward package in and well-articulated sound that ears produces an uncanny a time and the battery has 20 multiple colours. However, the works a treat across music genres. level of silence and, with hours of life in it. They’re also battery’s only good for 12 hours They’re not as travel-friendly as a fresh AAA battery, you can wireless – which means you can of wireless playback – and even some since the frame doesn’t fold take advantage of their noise move about and stretch your if you use the headphones with for easy storage. But they come cancelling for up to 35 hours. legs on a flight without getting a cable, the noise cancelling with a nifty zip-up case and the They also fold into a surprisingly tangled up in the cord. won’t work without a charge. internal battery lasts 30 hours. compact package.

July 2015 | QANTAS 157 iQ Technology

as WhatsApp and Viber, and I’ve got Twitter and Instagram. Otherwise I have a few games like Sudoku and Risk and solitaire. Is there one form of social media you use more than the other? I use Twitter (@Fanga9) and Instagram (@fangsie) the most. It’s good to get connected and talk to people on the other side of the world. You can see what your friends are getting up to, it’s great. Are your interests mainly sporting? I follow a few surfers, such as Owen Wright, on Twitter and Instagram and there’s Man of Many Tastes [a men’s lifestyle blog] on Instagram, too. Have you ever regretted a tweet? Not yet but a lot of people have had bloopers out there. I’m pretty careful about it. Do you ever have technology-free time? I charge my phone in the lounge room so that when I go to bed it’s just to sleep – not sitting up surfng the web all night or having a look at Twitter and Instagram. What do you dislike about technology? I hate it when people are on their phones at meals or having a coffee. My four housemates and I have no phones at the table when we are out or even if we’re at home having dinner. It’s a strict rule with the punishment of washing up. It’s a way to sit down and have a good chinwag rather than being on your phone the whole time. What technology do you covet? I’m not into new trends in technology. I like it to be useful and something I desperately need or I’ll often hold off. If I had the luxury of getting a nice pair of speakers from Bose or something, that’d be nice. But I haven’t found anything I’m desperate for yet. If you’re waiting in a long queue, how do you generally pass the time? I try to catch up on emails and texts

What’s your latest technology purchase? WELL CONNECTED to friends who I’ve been a bit naughty I bought a Kindle the other day. It’s my with and not replied to in a while. And third, after losing two. I left one on a plane I try to do a few jobs. If I run out of jobs, a couple of weeks ago. Nick Phipps I play a few games. So you prefer e-books to real books? What technology do you take on planes? I love the feel of a book but I read so much I take my MacBook and punch out a bit of when travelling that I don’t like to fnish a uni work. I also take my Kindle and my book and have it sitting around in my room. When he’s not pulling on the noise-cancelling headphones. What books are you reading? Number 9 jersey for the Qantas What brand are your headphones? I’m into historical fction at the moment. A few Wallabies, scrum-half Nick Phipps Samsung. They’re a good size, easy to carry. Roman Empire ones by Simon Scarrow. is swotting for his Master of What’s been the best technological invention? Wi-fi or no wi-fi on the plane? International Business degree and The printing press. It’s the frst point in I’m happy with no wi-f. I enjoy being using modern technology to get time when knowledge was able to be disconnected for a little bit. lost in ancient civilisations. passed on to people quickly and easily. What apps do you use the most? I’ve got all my life apps on there like my The Qantas Wallabies kick off their 2015 bank account. I’ve also got a few apps to INTERVIEW BY DI WEBSTER campaign with a match against the Springboks keep in touch with friends and family, such PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAMIAN BENNETT on July 18 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

158 QANTAS | July 2015 iQ. Motoring

Mercedes- Benz S 63 AMG Coupé

With grunt and gadgetry to rival a Bond car, including sophisticated corner-leaning suspension, this is a teched-out Merc you can bank on.

THERE’S a lot of talk about autonomous cars. Technology superpowers Google and Apple, along with several car manufacturers, are at different points along the road to truly driverless personal transportation. The key to the cars’ integration lies in the ability of everything on the road to communicate. If it all sounds a bit Jetsons, and computer-controlled hydraulic consider that we’re already halfway to an plungers comprise its Magic Body Control invisibly interconnected motoring future, suspension system. Stereo cameras scan as evidenced by Mercedes-Benz’s high- the road 15 metres ahead, anticipating FANTASY DRIVE performance two-door, the S 63 AMG Coupé. surface changes and upcoming bends. The world’s oldest carmaker has On entering a curve, the outside suspension BRENNER PASS, AUSTRIA thrown everything at this $400,000-plus is raised to tilt into the turn. technological tour de force. Power for the The maximum lean angle is just 2.5 S 63 AMG model (there’s a “basic” S 500 and degrees but the effect is pronounced within more extravagant V12 model either side of it) the cabin: the driver is dreaming of the comes from a 5.5-litre, twin-turbocharged Indianapolis 500 but passengers are cosseted V8 and seven-speed auto, together propelling through the corners. the two-tonne hardtop to 100km/h half Meanwhile, a suite of sensors, radar a second faster than a Porsche 911. Yet systems, cameras and computers keeps this monster motor delivers average fuel a watchful eye on everything. Night vision economy approaching that of a six-cylinder identifes pedestrians and animals, fashing family sedan. interior and exterior warnings. The steering The S 63 AMG Coupé’s party trick is its takes care of constant little corrections and ability to lean into corners. Cameras, sensors reads road markings to keep the car in its lane. Adaptive cruise control maintains distance to a car in front. The Coupé constantly Engine 5.5-litre V8, twin turbochargers calculates closing speeds and will brake Transmission 7-speed automatic automatically to avoid a collision. At standstill Power/torque 430kW/900Nm it can recognise an imminent collision from The S 63 AMG Coupé has the continent- 0-100km/h 4.2 seconds behind, locking brakes and tightening crossing ease that beckons the Brenner Pass, Fuel economy (av) 10.2 litres/100km seatbelts to reduce whiplash injury. the snaking superhighway across the Italian Price $409,000 For now, the best-case scenario is that Alps south of Innsbruck, Austria. Its feast of the car behind is just as supernaturally fast curves and soaring views across deep smart. Before too long, such meetings valleys are even better enjoyed thanks to by accident will be averted by a friendly driver aids that keep you comfortable and REVIEW BY MICHAEL STAHL digital handshake. alert. Autonomous driving? No thanks!

160 QANTAS | July 2015 iQ. Mind Games

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everydaycashmere.com iQ. The Diary

Culture by numbers From major musical, theatrical and cinematic performances to fne art, sports and food and wine, we’ve narrowed down the 15 best events in Australia this month.

The work of John Prince Siddon (right, untitled) will feature at WA’s Indigenous Art Awards exhibition

COMPILED BY AKASH ARORA

VIC WA NSW SA

WHAT: David Bowie Is WHAT: Revelation Perth WHAT: Matilda the Musical WHAT: Coonawarra Cellar Dwellers WHERE: Australian Centre for International Film Festival WHERE: Sydney Lyric Theatre WHERE: Coonawarra the Moving Image, Melbourne WHERE: Perth WHEN: From July 28 WHEN: July 1-31 WHEN: July 16 to November 1 WHEN: July 2-12 au.matildathemusical.com coonawarra.org acmi.net.au revelationfilmfest.org Based on Roald Dahl’s novel The wines of this region age Handwritten lyrics, costumes, The Revelation Perth Film and produced by The Royal beautifully. During this month- set designs and the artist’s own Festival is back for the 18th time Shakespeare Company, Matilda long festival, the Coonawarra instruments are featured in the with a stellar line-up of movies the Musical is the story of winemakers dig out some David Bowie Is exhibition. On from all over the world. Our top a young girl who dreams exceptional drops from their loan from London’s Victoria and pick is The Tribe, a Ukrainian of an extraordinary life. The cellars, giving wine lovers Albert Museum, the displays drama about deaf boarding- production, which has been a great opportunity to taste provide an unprecedented school students. Entirely played lauded as “the standout musical and buy rare vintages. Visitors insight into the life of the Thin out in sign language, the movie of the decade” by the UK’s have the option of simply White Duke and celebrate his has collected awards at flm Sunday Times, features music dropping by cellar doors or towering infuence on music, pop festivals around the world, and lyrics by Perth-raised booking in for special dinners

culture and fashion. A must-see. including Cannes and London. Tim Minchin. and dégustations. Courtesy of Mangkaja Arts and Resource Agency

168 QANTAS | July 2015 ACT TAS WA

WHAT: The Truffle Festival WHAT: 2015 Festival of Voices WHAT: Western Australian WHERE: Canberra and surrounds WHERE: Hobart and Launceston Indigenous Art Awards WHEN: Until late August WHEN: July 2-12 (Hobart); WHERE: Art Gallery of trufflefestival.com.au July 14-16 (Launceston) Western Australia, Perth Some 50 venues spread over festivalofvoices.com WHEN: July 4 to October 12 200 kilometres will host 200 Grammy Award-winners Sweet artgallery.wa.gov.au events, all focusing on one star Honey in the Rock – an African- Fourteen artists have been ingredient: the black Périgord American ensemble – headlines shortlisted for the richest truffe. Savour a truffe- Tasmania’s Festival of Voices, an Indigenous art prizes in the themed meal at a restaurant extravaganza of musical styles. country and their works will such as Flint in the Vines or Don’t miss the City of Hobart be part of the Indigenous Art sign up for a truffe-cooking Bonfre & Big Sing at Salamanca Awards exhibition, which masterclass. And if you’re feeling Place on July 10. There will also celebrates diversity from all adventurous, why not head to be pop-up performances by corners of Australia. The overall a nearby farm for a spot of choirs everywhere from hotel winner will be announced on truffe hunting? lobbies to markets. opening night.

QLD & SA QLD

WHAT: Liverpool Football Club WHAT: Gold Coast vs Brisbane Roar/Adelaide United Airport Marathon WHERE: Brisbane and Adelaide WHERE: Gold Coast WHEN: July 17 (Brisbane); WHEN: July 4-5 July 20 (Adelaide) goldcoastmarathon.com.au suncorpstadium.com.au; One of the fattest and most adelaideoval.com.au scenic courses in the world will As part of their pre-season 2015 be the site of the 37th Gold Coast tour, the Liverpool Football Club Marathon. Take in spectacular – 18 times champions of England coastline views as you negotiate and fve times champions of the course. Not up for the full Europe – will play in Australia. 42km? Over the weekend, there Watch them go head to head will also be a half marathon, with Brisbane Roar on July 17, 10km run, 5.7km challenge and followed by their match against – for the kids – 2km and 4km Adelaide United three days later. Doug Aitken’s Station to Station will show at Perth’s Revelation film festival Junior Dashes.

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NSW

WHAT: The Dog / The Cat WHERE: Belvoir St Theatre, Surry Hills WHEN: Until July 26 belvoir.com.au Two plays – The Dog and The Cat – penned by two different playwrights (Brendan Cowell and Lally Katz) – are interwoven into one evening of drama by director Ralph Myers. It’s comic, it’s irreverent and it’s romantic. It also doesn’t hurt that Xavier Samuel (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) is starring.

Soprano Lorina Gore in La Traviata; the Australian World Orchestra

ACT QLD

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NSW

WHAT: La Traviata WHERE: Sydney Opera House WHEN: July 3-22 opera.org.au Australian soprano Lorina Gore steps into the role of Violetta – the famous Parisian courtesan – in Giuseppe Verdi’s 17th-century three-act opera, La Traviata. With lavish sets, fowing costumes and rousing music, there’s plenty to keep you mesmerised. Verdi specialist Renato Palumbo conducts the opera, with tenor Rame Lahaj making his Australian debut.