David Beckham’s second life

Ex-football star David Beckham certainly seems to glide through life. But what exactly is it that he does?

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In The Daily Telegraph, James Brown writes a highly flattering piece about David Beckham (pictured), saying he has glided "into an outrageously attractive second life" and that, in whatever ambassadorial or advertising work he undertakes, he "looks right". Brown quotes Luke Johnson's recent claim that ambition is bad for your health, adding that Beckham's greatest feat "has been making what he does look effortless".

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