Book Review: Oaklore by Jules Acton

There is something very special about oak trees, they are so embedded in the history and myths of the United Kingdom that they seem thread around and throughout our lives. When I was growing up my mother used to talk about playing in Sherwood Forest and how at that time you go into the hollow of the Major Oak where allegedly Robin Hood hid with his Merry Men (not at the same time, my mother was not that old). I planted a Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) in my garden ten years ago and it remains one of my favourite ...