The Great North Wood Sandcastles and resilience

and resilience

The stories explore subjects like gender

overpower a circus strongman

Every panel makes you want to cry and laugh simultaneously

cinematic faces linger

The Great North Wood Sandcastles and resilienceBy Tim Bird. Published by Avery Hill Publishing. Softcover, 68 pages, Colour, 2018. Long ago the whole of Southern England was covered in forest. Over time, this woodland has been gradually cut back, but small patches remain amidst the suburban sprawl of South East London. A few ancient oaks still stand in gaps between housing estates, alongside railway lines and acting as boundary markers on roundabouts. The magic that once filled the ancient forest