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Looking forwards
Predicting the future is tricky, yet past experiences and current concerns offer clues. Five thinkers explore what's next in urbanism, cultural controversies, geopolitics and more, imagining new futures based on today's world.
Thinking ahead
Roman roads that still lead the way, the future of the EU, the pleasure of swinging an axe and more subjects to fire up your imagination and get you talking in 2016.
What next
We asked 25 leading thinkers, authors and monarchs to look at the world just over the horizon. From the joys of national dress to a new religion, this is what they saw.
Future lab
Global leaders may be lacking in ambition but that hasn’t stopped us doing the heavy lifting for them. Monocle presents 10 grand projects that would make a big difference.
Here’s to the future
We are entering a new era with a new president and an economy in flux. Here five leading thinkers, including Alain de Botton, look at how the world will change in 2009.
