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Efficient high-speed French TGV trains with posters showing how to help an old lady with her bags. But arrive in Paris and scooters and pushbikes whizz towards the same old lady. No signs saying it is not permitted, so the assumption is that it’s OK.

Inequality, migration, odd banking system, populist politics and apocalyptic climate change, sound familiar? Replacing zombies with humans surgically attached to smart-phones and Game of Thrones could be an archetypal portrayal of today’s world.

An island three times the size of France in the Pacific is 1.6 million square kilometre floating mass of more than 1.8 trillion pieces of rubbish. By 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the sea. A bleak future or can we all profit from plastic?

Five world cups, but beaten 7-1 by Germany in 2014. The most abundant nature in the world and a literacy rate of almost 92%, but nearly 25% of the population live below the poverty line. Try telling a Brazilian that their economy has promise.

The Queen has reigned for 67 years. Communism has risen and fallen. The Beatles have come and gone, Britain is 5th most economically powerful nation. Women CEOs drive 3x the returns as S&P 500 firms run by men. Why is workplace inequality still a subject?