Top trees from the globe’s bottom half
Brief letters: Amazing trees A list of the world's most amazing trees was compiled from around the world, from the Major Oak to the Lone Cypress, 6 October. Dr Ian Watson, a child of the 1950s in Auckland, New Zealand, and Roger Osborne, a professor of sociology, also made the list. There are two things to know about these trees: advice and horseshit.
게시됨 : 2 년 전 ~에 의해 Guardian staff reporter ~에 Environment
This was a very northern-hemisphere-centric list (Eight of the world’s most amazing trees – from the Major Oak to the Lone Cypress, 6 October). New Zealand’s Tāne Mahuta, the largest kauri tree and around 2,000 years old, deserves a mention on any list of the greatest trees. Australians will probably think their 200m-year-old Wollemi pine, a tree so precious that its location is a closely guarded secret, also deserves a mention.
Dr Ian Watson
Auckland, New Zealand
I too am a child of the 1950s (Letters, 8 October). My school regulation green knickers actually featured a pocket. Imagine the frantic, embarrassed fumbling if it were ever put to use.
Marianne Chipperfield
London
I sense Keir Starmer is in a situation well-known to any horse owner. As the saying goes, there are two things you won’t be short of: advice and horseshit. The trick is to know the difference.
Roger Osborne
Scarborough, North Yorkshire
If Rishi Sunak thinks politics is broken, he can call an election and change it all (Rishi Sunak’s speech showed what’s next for the Tories – and it isn’t him, 4 October).
David Smith
Emeritus professor of sociology, Middlesex University
If one accepts the definition of a sport – “all parties should be willing participants” – that Dr John Davies (Letters, 9 October) refers to, I’d say that that rules out school cross-country runs, hockey, and rugby matches against the teachers.
Ian Grieve
Gordon Bennett, Llangollen canal