Special branches

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

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

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

back in may, after winter and the slow creep of early spring, I took myself along a disused railway line near Lewes, Sussex, to be consumed by the month’s riot. This barely used path was somewhat over

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

B ecause it’s the school summer holidays, it’s ...