Sycamore Gap tree attack is part of war on nature in UK, says poet

Robert Macfarlane says tree’s felling was part of hostile culture and calls for forest to be planted in its honour

The felling of the Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall symbolises a wider attack on nature in the UK, according to an award-winning landscape writer and poet.

Robert Macfarlane said the sight of the downed 300-year-old tree made him and many others feel sick. “I just see this as part of a piece with a much broader hostile environment towards the living world in this country,” he told the BBC.

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