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“He’s worked as a satirist; he’s written parodies, political thrillers; he’s moved from a fairly earnest modern style to a very lucid, clear style.”

For a woman who had made a reputation as a lucid, sharp chronicler of the reality of American lives, Didion struggled with the irrational thoughts that flooded her mind afterward.

With his books and lectures, Vishnevsky almost single-handedly started a massively popular trend of Russians microdosing or trying to invoke lucid dreams and mystical experiences with fly agaric.

Mr and Mrs Brisley said Mr Sharabi was "lucid" and his "voice a bit husky" when they spoke later on a video call.

After confirming he was breathing, lucid and could talk, she was told it would be a couple of hours before an ambulance could get to him due to ongoing pressures on the health service.