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The political left is always tempted to think that it is about to win the war. After the global banking crisis in 2008 fevered left-wing analysts concluded that a crisis in capitalism would mean a leftwards shift in politics. Could they now be right?

When President Trump tweeted about his bid to buy Greenland it was not fake news but about smartphones and electric cars. The world needs rare earths for rechargeable batteries, catalytic converters and wind turbines, who will dominate this market?

Hugging is potentially lethal and we clap hospital heroes from our homes, many of us realise we have taken the funding and efficiency of our healthcare systems for granted. But health, its data and delivery is changing. What is the future of healthcare?

Exactly one month ago I wrote a mail to my friends and partners and told them, “This is real, and, we are already too late”. I was speaking about the illness we now know as the coronavirus (Covid-19). SARS and insurance/mortality statistics my evidence.

Today, sport is a global multi-billion-dollar business, predicted to grow to $614 billion by 2022. As countries like Greece go into debt for the honour, does the return on investment for hosting the Olympics, or the World Cup, really make economic sense?

When Kevin Flynn entered the ENCOM mainframe in the 1982 sci-fi Tron, virtual reality became a reality. From 1980s Pac-Man and Space Invaders to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, this face of popular culture now entertains some 30% of the world’s population.