Nature 1307

16/11/2025

15/05/2023

Take the Wildlife Gardeners of Haggerston, who are revitalising the Old Lea river at Hackney Marshes in east London. I arrived here through traffic-swirled streets, then walked across a vast expanse of park whose principal signs of life were dozens of football pitches. But along one edge, a line of trees concealed an ancient river that felt like a piece of rural England secreted into grim London vistas. Within minutes of arriving, I was startled to have seen egrets and kingfishers swooping past.

13/05/2023

It was a pleasant spring evening in Wrexham, Wales, and I was wandering through the grounds of St Giles' Church, looking for the grave of Elihu Yale, the founder of Yale University, whose legendary tombstone reads: "Much good, some ill, he did; so hope all's even."

09/05/2023

It was in the early 20th Century when asadas first started smoking in American backyards and parks. "When immigrants from Mexico started to come to the US in the 1900s, they brought along with them their love of grilled carne asada," Lopez wrote in her book. "The earliest mention of a carniceria (markets that sell marinated meats) in the US in print publications goes back to 1930."

09/05/2023

Her inspiration for the second book stemmed from an article on Bloomberg that featured the components of her asada. "I saw the pictures in the article, and I realised how much I missed doing the asadas in 2020 and 2021 [during the pandemic]," she said. "I realised there are plenty of Mexican cookbooks, but not one about the meaning of asada." The book offers dozens of recipes for anyone looking for asada cooking guidance.