Your Shortcut to... The Sycamore Gap tree
There’s been a strong reaction in Britain to the illegal felling of an old Sycamore tree… it grew between 2 hills beside the famous Hadrian’s Wall, and it was one of the most photographed trees in the world before it was cut down. The perpetrators were found and they’ve been jailed for the crime. So in this Squiz Shortcut, we’ll get you across the tree’s history, what it symbolised for many, and why its demise provoked such an emotional response…
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Reading: This article from the BBC about some of the people falsely accused of cutting down the tree in the commotion that…
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