July issue
After decades in the tough world of big stakes mining, Leigh Clifford was prepared for the turbulence of the airline industry. As Qantas chairman, his task is to break up some old alliances
It was brassy, it was bold. And as the unbridled free-for-all raged, it felt like it would never end. 'Cept, of course, it is in the nature of a bauble to burst.
He's been called the most successful Australian banker in the US since former World Bank president James Wolfensohn. Now, James Gorman is one of a small group set to reshape the future landscape of the US financial system.
By the time you read this, the largest collection of Elizabeth Taylor's jewellery ever assembled (outside of her own safe, one assumes) will be on display, under bulletproof glass and ringed by guards with wires in their ears, as part of an exhibition called Between Eternity and History at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome.
Snubbed by Sydney more than a decade ago when her bold design for the Museum of Contemporary Art was inexplicably scrapped, the celebrated Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima has been offered a belated olive branch.
Regulars
Man stands naked before God and his tailor.
Paul Dyer
Artistic director, Brandenburg Orchestra
John Prescott
Associate professor of psychology, University of Newcastle
and an editor of the journal Food Quality and Preference
He wears: Lacoste cotton cardigan, $349. Gucci shirt, $615, wool bouclé pants, $925, and loafers, $675. Déclic socks, $29.95.
How does it feel to be catapulted into the luxury watch business just as things are anything but luxurious?
Nicholas Kirkwood
Two long-time residents give us different perspectives on their city
Must read: This is Water and others.
For much of the past century, Melbourne has been the epicentre of Italian food in Australia. Rinaldo Massoni created Café Florentino in Bourke Street in 1928 and, today, names such as Grossi (Guy and his family now owns and operates Grossi Florentino), di Stasio and Bortolotto, to mention just a few, are synonymous with hospitality in the city.
At one end of the central axis through Melbourne's city centre is the Shrine of Remembrance, a citadel for the fallen, a place dedicated to the past. At the other end of Swanston Street, permission has just been granted for the Design Hub tower with eight-storey walls made of glass lenses that turn their upturned faces to the light.
Winsome Hall
Trustee and independent
non-executive director.