James Weldon receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Elm trees were once stalwarts of the UK countryside that towered out of hedgerows, lined fields and woodlands.

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In 1998, Brighton and Hove was designated as the home of the National Elm Collection, writes Karen Pasquali Jones for The Argus' sister title Sussex Life magazine. This was a great accolade and a ...