Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Future

The winning entry for this year’s Eurovision song contest involves cloud-surfing comic fruit characters.

Global hokey-cokey championships held in Milton Keynes.

Matches will be double-ended.

Freedom of movement, religion, thought is finally universally adopted, but everyone has to have the same hairstyle.

Vegetable-swapping parties become a popular way for people to make friends.

Tug-of-wars replace actual wars. Shares in rope manufacturers increase.

The year of self-peeling carrots.

Shoelaces that appear with a whistle are a welcome addition to humanity’s achievements.