Filling the gap

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

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

How Chaucer reshaped English poetry

One of the greatest challenges for a poet is to find something new to say. It’s all been said before. Any poet who manages to find a truly original subject should keep very quiet about it, write the p

SOME mornings I sit and marvel at the ...

RYAN BROWN?” Louise blurted out as her childhood nemesis walked into the community hall. “Oh, you two already know each other. That’s brilliant,” Millie, the meeting organiser, said. “Just fantastic.”