Talking timber: Marlon Brando understood

For our Christmas piece, John Park highlights the importance of wood since ‘time’ began.  Following two chance encounters he is drawing readers’ attention to the fact that although we historically have the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age, the Wood Age encompasses all.  But, few people have really noticed this!  Today, trees and wood are maintaining their position of global importance.  In typical Christmas fashion John also recommends, thanks to those two chance encounters, two books for the reader’s essential Christmas present list