Reader’s Digest UK – July 2019

JULY 2019 • 7

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For as long as I can remember, I’ve been transfixed by true

crime. I read Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood when

I was just 14 and can still remember flipping through the

pages as fast as I could, at once repulsed and fascinated by

the grisly details of the case. And yet, throughout my life,

I’ve shied away from horror films, shut my eyes tight for

the grislier scenes in Game of Thrones, and spent many a

sleepless night tossing and turning as ghost stories

replayed in my mind. So what is it about true crime—

series like Making A Murderer, which was watched by 19.

million Netflix viewers just 35 days after its release—that captivates me? On

p68, Jessica Summers quizzes psychlologists and true crime experts to

discover why we’re so engrossed by the very worst sides of humanity.

If you’re yet to plan your summer escape but the sound of

Gran Canaria’s golden dunes or the romantic towns of

Positano leaves you underwhelmed, consider Baku,

Azerbaijan. The capital of an ex-Soviet Muslim country, this

“mini Dubai” offers an exhilarating marriage of starkly

different cultures, a mixture of tradition and modernism,

with sumptuous cuisine thrown in for good measure. Read

our account on p84. Fancy venturing somewhere even

more out of this world though? Soon you might be able to

quite literally, as on p76 we ponder the impending possibility of space

tourism. With rapid advancements in aerospace technology and

billionaires like Elon Musk and Richard Branson joining the space

race, the notion of holidaying on the Moon is far from unthinkable.

Anna

Eva

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