They correctly talk about “television phones” and electric toothbrushes, but mostly the 12 writers who gathered in 1963 to predict and debate the future were way off target. We’re not yet immortal, the routine nature of space travel is yet to come, and the coffee we drink is not generally laced with amphetamine to improve our mood.

The dozen science fiction writers, including Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov and Arthur C Clarke, were part of a Playboy magazine panel predicting what life would be like after 1984. At Tate Britain, visitors will be able to watch a filmed reconstruction of the predictions using actors.