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Paul Wood

The Street Tree
I’m the author of London’s Street Trees: A Field Guide to the Urban Forest, originally published in 2017 with a second edition in 2020, London is a Forest, first published in 2019 with a second edition in 2022, and London Tree Walks published in 2020. I’m also the editor of The Great Trees of London Map.
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Cats aren’t known for clomping around like Clydesdales; they’re stealthy. That’s why cat-footing refers to walking that’s more subtle and graceful than that of the average oaf. In Harry L. Wilson’s 1916 book Somewhere in Red Gap, this word appears in characteristic fashion: “…I didn’t yell any more. I cat-footed. And in a minute I was up close.” Cat-footing is a requirement for a career as a cat burglar. Credits to Mark Peters.

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