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...“What we’ve typically seen in the past is that the ingrained level of loyalty and tribalism among fans [means] those things are hard to let go of,” said Chris Wood, assistant director in Deloitte’s Sports...
...He had idolised Marlon Brando and James Dean and longed to escape his domineering father. After finding success, he found women, too — and lost focus....
...(NYT) The case against Bretton Woods Seventy-five years after the Bretton Woods conference, the multilateral system it established has become too bureaucratic for purpose....
...Levison Wood Explorer How are you spending the summer?...
...Sunspel, 7 Redchurch Street, E2 (020-7739 9729; sunspel.com) The best souvenir I’ve brought home is an ofuro, a traditional Japanese hinoki wood bath....
...Here, German designer Axel Veit will be exhibiting in the UK for the first time with his Marlon furniture range....
...The Jamaican writer Marlon James has won this year’s Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings....
...The six authors are: Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria) for The Fishermen; Anne Tyler (US), for A Spool of Blue Thread, her 20th novel; Marlon James (Jamaica) for A Brief History of Seven Killings ; Tom McCarthy...
...Completing the list were Marlon James’s A Brief History of Seven Killings (Jamaica), Anuradha Roy’s Sleeping on Jupiter (India), and two more debuts, Chigozie Obioma’s The Fishermen (Nigeria) and Anna Smaill...
...Dean’s onscreen danger was distinct from that of Marlon Brando, an actor he idolised. Both were dangerous but Dean was that other thing too: adorable....
...But we supply all the big generators and we would expect to play a major role in supplying wood pellets where we have in the past supplied coal.”...
...The movies had James Dean, who did not live long, and Marlon Brando, who did. The pop world had Amy Winehouse, cut short in her uncertain prime last year....
...There’s a touch of Marlon Brando about him: big, self-contained, a force of nature. Both to September 19 www.vam.ac.uk www.npg.org.uk...
...The architects chose a minimal form and basic materials of wood, steel and concrete, leaving the building as open as possible....
...And even Pardew accepts his celebrations at Marlon Harewood’s 89th-minute winner were excessive....
...In The God-father, Marlon Brando’s Vito is a relatively compassionate family head compared with his cold-blooded heir Michael, played by Al Pacino....
...Woods also won the US Masters and British Open titles this year, and the Akron victory means Woods now has 60 wins from 220 tournament starts, a phenomenal record in golfing terms....
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