Do trees have souls? The senseless cutting down of a 300-year-old specimen in Northumberland has been met with grief and anger, and reminds us that woodlands used to be sacred.
Outpouring of sadness over felled sycamore
No-more sycamore: The tree was featured in the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Glossary
Hadrian's Wall - A 73-mile stone wall that crosses from the west to the east of the UK. It was built during the Roman Empire.
WH Auden - A British-American poet, born in 1907.
Aristotle - A student of Plato, tutor to Alexander the Great and the father of political philosophy.
Gossamer - Fine cobwebs floating in the air.