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New art to be added to East London’s The Line this summer, including work by Yinka Ilori and Mahtab Hussain

The trail, which runs from Stratford to the Greenwich Peninsula, aims to ‘democratise access to art’

Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2023

How Wall Street’s fossil-fuel money pipeline undermines the fight to save the planet

Big banks and investment firms have joined the ranks of companies making "net-zero" pledges. But their huge stakes in oil and gas projects are undermining their climate promises.

Fortune · Feb 2, 2023

Saudi Arabia is giving itself an extreme makeover with 'giga-projects.' Will it work?

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Crowned with cranes, the Jeddah Tower emerges in the distance as an under-construction 826-foot-tall spaceship presiding over Saudi Arabia's second-largest city. Through the desert haze you can almost see the more than 3,000-foot height it was supposed to reach, the lively business district its innovative design…

Los Angeles Times · Jan 16, 2023

It's A Bird, No A Plane, It's... A Side-Scraper? Saudis Break Ground On Desert Metropolis

New drone footage released by Ot Sky shows the breaking of ground on Saudi Arabia’s new megacity structure dubbed The Mirror Line.

Benzinga · Oct 21, 2022

What is Neom and why are ads for the futuristic Saudi Arabian city all over social media?

The linear megacity will be within Neom, the ambitious urban development project already announced. But who will pay for it?

ABC News · Sep 15, 2022

What is The Line, the 170km-long mirrored metropolis Saudi Arabia is building in the desert?

As climate change rapidly advances, many Middle Eastern states are aiming to make the transition from carbon-based economies to alternatives that attract people from around the world – for tourism, business, work or to live.

The Conversation · Sep 14, 2022

Nine million people in a city 170km long; will the world ever be ready for a linear metropolis?

Saudi Arabia has unveiled designs for a futuristic megastructure in the desert. But it is an idea that has preoccupied the imaginations of architects – and megalomaniacs – for generations

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2022

Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk ready as boxing world descends on Jeddah

The rematch on the Red Sea offers the Briton a chance at redemption with three world heavyweight titles on the line

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2022

Cultural Capital: The Line - London’s first dedicated public art walk - and Bullet Train reviewed

London’s funnest stuff, every week

Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2022

Saudi Arabia's megacity with flying cars, robot maids, dinosaurs and fake moon

'The Line' is part of a wider desert complex development first proposed in 2017 by the Gulf state's leader and new CGI images released of it show a staggeringly futuristic city

Daily Mirror · Jul 31, 2022