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Terrified Mexican matador: 'I didn't have the balls' | Mexico

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Mexico This article is more than 13 years oldTerrified Mexican matador: 'I didn't have the balls'This article is more than 13 years oldChristian Hernandez arrested and fined for breaching contract after fleeing bullfight and jumping over wall to safetyMatador Christian Hernandez, bedecked in traditional livery and bearing a customary red cape, narrowed his eyes as the bull lowered its head. What happened next was slightly less orthodox, as the 22-year-old turned on his heels and fled the onrushing bovid, explaining later " Read More...

Who is the real Dice Man? The elusive writer behind the disturbing cult novel | Fiction

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Illustration: Charles Hopkinson/Camera Press/Guardian Design/Christophe GowansA search for the mysterious author of a counterculture classic led to someone else entirely. Or did it? by Emmanuel CarrèreToward the end of the 1960s, Luke Rhinehart worked as a psychoanalyst in New York and was bored stiff. He lived in a pretty apartment with a nice view. He practised yoga, read books on Zen, dreamed vaguely of joining a commune but did not dare. Read More...

Travelers who were lost forever: why tourists experience India syndrome

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Life and styleSome travelers who spend longer periods of time in India exhibit a curious condition: a spectrum of behavioral and psychological changes that can be all-consuming In 1985, Régis Airault arrived in India to work as the resident doctor of psychology at the French consulate in Mumbai. At the time, travelers from France, upon arriving in India, could visit the consulate to place their passport and return plane ticket into safe-keeping. Read More...

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