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Merlin Hanbury-Tenison 'Our Oaken Bones' :Reviving a Family, a Farm & Britain’s Ancient Rainforest

In conversation with Tom Hunter

Presented by: Bude Literary Festival
0BUDE: The Falcon Hotel (Acland Suite)
PThursday 14th May, 2026
N10:00am

Event information

Merlin and his wife Lizzie leave London and return to his childhood home, a Cornish hill farm. Reeling from personal grief, they find the farm slipping into debt, whilst discovering that the damaged woods running through the valley are one of the UK’s last fragments of Atlantic temperate rainforest.

So begins a fight to save not only themselves and their farm, but also one of the world’s most endangered habitats. ‘Our Oaken Bones’ is a story about renewal, the astonishing healing power of nature, and our duty to heal it in return.

Duration: 60 mins inc audience Q&A
High quality Food/Bar/Accommodation available at The Falcon Hotel

Venue information

BUDE: The Falcon Hotel (Acland Suite)
0Breakwater Road
Bude
Cornwall
EX23 8SD
> www northcoastarts.co.uk
! 01288352005
` Public parking nearby. Accessible venue. High quality Bar and Catering available.