BBC News Online's Jonathan Duffy leaps forward to Britain in 2050 and pens a postcard home. It's boom-time for seaside guest houses and resorts like Bournemouth. The trusty overcoat is no longer de rigeur while woollens and sweaty synthetics have been traded in for lightweight cottons. Shrinkage of dried-up clay subsoils is causing property foundations to crack, pushing up the price of household insurance as well. Hay-fever comes earlier and is more intense.
Malaria is the next big worry.
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