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Thirty years ago, work began on turning a disused pumping station inside a castle into one of Europe’s finest climbing centres. That goal has been summited, but the work to expand, update and evolve The Castle Climbing Centre continues

The gargantuan, bewildering Louvre

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.

I had watched Richard III meet a bloody end at Bosworth, come face to face with a plague victim, stood in the shadow of a mighty trebuchet, and been put on trial for my life. And it was barely lunchti

The Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London EC2

The Cathedral Church of St Peter, Exeter, Devon, part I