Trees are irreplaceable, writes Clive Anderson. We should all be tree enthusiasts – they give us contact with both past and future

Ancient trees are often fat and gnarled, and losing growth on the crown. I cannot imagine why I identify with them so much. That said, and with all due respect to Bruce Forsyth, the oldest living thing you are likely to meet in everyday life is a tree.

In our cities, many of the plane trees which stand in dignified lines along Victorian streets have outlived the horses and carts, trolley buses and trams that used to rush past them. ...

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