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Past Futures
The 2051 Festival of London
A dip into our future.
May 6
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Matt Brown
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A Flight Over London in 1843?
And other flights of fancy.
Apr 15
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Matt Brown
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16
4
A Covent Garden Cable Car (and other Millennium might-have-beens)
1996 was the year of a thousand ideas.
Apr 1
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Matt Brown
41
17
6
Anatomy of a Cartoon: March of the Intellect, by William Heath
A touch of futurology from 1829.
Jan 28
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Matt Brown
45
16
5
How 1926 Imagined 2026
The London of the future is now.
Jan 7
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Matt Brown
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23
10
"Life on This Earth in the Year A.D. 2000"
Prince Philip sparks some 1954 predictions of London's transport future.
Apr 19, 2024
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Matt Brown
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2
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Horse Vs Car: They Called It 200 Years Ago
Part of our Past Futures series looking at how Londoners of the past foresaw their future.
Mar 20, 2024
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Matt Brown
14
2
Apocalypse Then: How The Victorians Imagined London's Doom
Continuing our Past Futures series, on how Londoners of yesteryear imagined the future.
Jan 10, 2024
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Londonist
17
3
Past Futures: How Victorian Londoners Predicted 21st Century Tech
Mobile phones, video calls, pay-per-view sport... even Wikipedia.
Sep 27, 2023
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Londonist
6
2
1
Past Futures: How Londoners Imagined 21st Century Dining
Snack to the future, with Victorian protein pills and cubic luncheons.
Sep 6, 2023
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Londonist
7
3
2
Past Futures: Predictions For London In The Year 2000
How Londoners of the past imagined our century.
Aug 23, 2023
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Londonist
6
2
1
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