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Yew leaves can be a poison, as detailed in the story of the Warrior Queen Boudicca. Today, the yew plays a different role.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Tom Mareschall carries a 2.5m-long tree trunk across the workshop, lays it down and then raises an axe above his head ...

Celebrations for the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt will take place in England this year, and one of the world's top longbow makers, who hails from Powell River, will be in attendance.