Natural History Wanderings

The Guardian in an editorial discussed the cultural value of trees

From Shakespeare to Radiohead, ancient woodlands have shaped the UK’s creative landscape. They deserve to be celebrated.

If the mindless felling of the Sycamore Gap tree has taught us anything, it is that there is no such thing as “just a tree”, as one of the perpetrators, Adam Carruthers, told the jury. “It was almost as if someone had been murdered,” he said of the ensuing public outcry. For many it was.

Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/18/the-guardian-view-on-the-cultural-life-of-trees-we-must-protect-our-natural-heritage