Tree tops

IT was inevitable that he was going to be fascinated by trees, for he was born ‘Paul Wood’ and grew up in a house in Dover that backed on to a forest. But no one could have predicted the lengths that

Most of us care more than we realise about trees. I believe the outpouring of grief for the Sycamore Gap tree has shown this. Its mindless felling was just the most high-profile of many recent cases i

I am 15 years old when I meet my special friend. I leave my concrete suburb, overflowing with a rage that longs to be soothed, but I don’t know how. My bike is my outlet, my escape route, and I ride t

For years, Theo Bosboom had longed to photograph wildflowers from the viewpoint of the tiny insects that live among them. His dream finally became reality when a long, narrow, wide-angle macro lens (t

Britain’s wild places are under pressure – but cycling gives us rare access to their beauty and fragility. Sophie Pavelle explores what’s at stake from the saddle

For some trees, being blown over isn’t the end of the story. Jack Watkins salutes those hardy, storm-damaged and often ancient phoenix or recumbent trees that don’t take their fate lying down