The Saudi Crown Prince wanted to reinvent urban living with his “linear city” stretching 170km across the desert. But with construction on The Line having already stalled, many are asking if the project was ever remotely feasible.

Jim Perrin pens a paean to a famous place of threshold for climbers, equally beloved of coastal walkers: the cliffs of Gogarth and Holyhead

T he National Railway Heritage Awards enjoyed another ...

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So much of Britain’s diverse wealth of historic railway infrastructure still exists in one shape or another -if you know where to look. TIM DUNN goes exploring

What do you do when the Thames freezes solid? For the Stuarts and Georgians of London, the great frosts that descended on the city meant wrapping up and making merry,