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Ben Salamon

@bensalamon1

Wannabe historian & co-host of The Benjamin's Britain podcast. Philanthropy Manager for @macmillancancer.

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Great article. Always fascinating to read about medieval Jewish history in Britain, but even better to be able to visit the (few but special) sites which still exist and tell those stories: nytimes.com/2023/04/10/tra…

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Surely one of the most iconic trees in Britain, sitting on Hadrian's Wall, cut down by vandals... for what? So much anger for whoever would do this.

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The sycamore tree on Hadrian’s Wall is as close as our culture got to a sacred tree - venerated, visited, endlessly represented - anachronistic in age weaving Robin Hood and St Oswald and the frontier forts and tribes of the Roman wall - and now felled like the druids’ groves

The sycamore tree on Hadrian’s Wall is as close as our culture got to a sacred tree  - venerated, visited, endlessly represented - anachronistic in age weaving Robin Hood and St Oswald and the frontier forts and tribes of the Roman wall - and now felled like the druids’ groves
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Sycamore Gap, 2021. If you’re feeling angry or upset about its senseless felling this week, and want to do something positive, consider supporting the National Trust