Ironically, what made the spruce a fantastic Christmas tree also made it structurally weak: The branches that spanned 46 feet in diameter left lots of knots in the wood, so the beams were mainly used ...

The Harry Potter movies are filled with interesting characters, but from Voldemort to Draco Malfoy, they're not above using ...

It was a disease that decimated towering trees across the country. In the 1970s, an outbreak of Dutch elm disease led to the loss of 90pc of elm trees, with 25 million falling victim to the ...

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A sun-drenched image featuring palm tree silhouettes prompted Naga’s surprise as she commented: "Wow! What a contrast, Sarah." Asking if the image represented Thursday’s weather given the grey ...

and the sense that the war would be over by Christmas. Scots – particularly ... shell craters, and fallen trees. British soldiers go 'over the top' of their trench during the Battle of the ...