A tour round the world’s oldest trees is a brilliant idea for a book, but its delivery can be pretty uneven
Life
22 February 2023
This Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) in Nevada is more than 4000 years old tayfun coskun/anadolu agency/getty images
Elderflora: A modern history of ancient trees
Jared Farmer (Picador)
WHEN the Hardy Tree in the graveyard of St Pancras Old Church finally fell in December last year, London lost a unique and much-loved landmark. This ash tree was surrounded by upstanding headstones that had been moved there in the 1860s to accommodate a new railway line. Legend has it that the arrangement was created by a young Thomas Hardy while he was working as …
