Smithsonian Magazine

How Do You Honor a Fallen Tree? In England, a Sound Sculpture Will Broadcast the ‘Voice’ of a Beloved Sycamore Felled Near Hadrian’s Wall

"The People’s Tree" will also incorporate the tree's wood and archive recordings from the public in a series of community ...
New York Post

2 men convicted of cutting down England’s iconic Sycamore Gap tree in ‘mindless act of destruction’

Two men were convicted Friday of cutting down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England in 2023 in an unexplained act of vandalism that caused widespread outrage. A Newcastle Crown Court jury ...
The New York Times

Felling of Sycamore Gap Tree Was ‘Deliberate and Mindless,’ Prosecutor Says

The trial for two men accused of cutting down the 200-year-old Hadrian’s Wall tree opened Tuesday in northeastern England. Both pleaded not guilty. By Amelia Nierenberg and Lizzie Dearden Reporting ...