From the porch swing: Older than dirt
6 Jul 2020Getting old ain’t for sissies. In some ways it seems fairly easy, just keep...
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30 Years Ago: July 1990
30 Jun 2020While the bulk of this issue of HCB harks back to the magazine’s founding in...
Editor’s reflection
29 Jun 2020Those of us fortunate to have come of age in the 1970s may (if we try hard)...
Not otherwise specified: Suits you sir
11 Jun 2020The hospitality sector has been particularly badly affected by the Covid-19...
Learning by Training: The New Normal Society
9 Jun 2020Gradually the world is returning to the New Normal. But what is that Normal, is...
5 Reasons Why Packaging Of Chemical Products Is Important
1 Jun 2020When it comes to the packaging of chemical products, there are a number of...
DGSA: Through the mill
1 Jun 2020In early March, I did something I hadn’t done in 40 years: I went into a room...
30 Years Ago: June 1990
29 May 2020In a spooky premonition of what was to come thirty years later, our June 1990...
The Maritime Sector Shows Resilience In The Face Of COVID-19
20 May 2020As the coronavirus pandemic spreads its way rapidly around the world, many...
Letter from the editor on postponements
15 May 2020How will we remember the year 2020 when it’s all over? We may remember the...
Learning by Training: The stone cutter
13 May 2020There was once a stone cutter who was dissatisfied with himself and with his...
From the Porch Swing: You cannot be serious!
6 May 2020Au contraire, I am absolutely serious, thoroughly serious, and to a mammoth...
NOS: Gone fishin’
4 May 2020Here on the Back Page we are aware that there are probably some of you who...
30 Years Ago: May 1990
1 May 2020These columns often find parallels between the news HCB was presenting thirty...
The Impact Of COVID-19 On The Transportation Of Dangerous Goods
28 Apr 2020The transportation of dangerous goods is highly regulated throughout the world....
Business: Response and recovery
23 Apr 2020On 31 December 2019, the outbreak of a respiratory illness in Wuhan City in...
Learning by Training: Business as usual?
16 Apr 2020On LinkedIn and Twitter I have been following an avalanche of posts and replies...
Editor’s letter from isolation
13 Apr 2020It’s an ill wind that blows no one any good. While much of the world is in...
From the porch swing: The Onion
7 Apr 2020Dateline Brussels – The European Space Agency was forced to announce today...
Coronavirus: Let’s work together
3 Apr 2020The Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) is urging global...
30 Years Ago: April 1990
30 Mar 2020Our issue thirty years ago was strangely prescient, concentrating very much –...
