New Year’s Resolution from the Editor
4 Jan 2019January is the time of year when people take stock of their lives and resolve...
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Not otherwise specified: Hazards in the home
31 Dec 2018Most people die in bed, so it’s probably a good idea to get up in the...
30 Years Ago: January 1989
31 Dec 2018Flicking back through the pages of HCB’s January 1989 issue provides a fine...
Learning by Training: A science of reality
3 Dec 2018Recently, I was invited to pitch my innovative research and ideas on management...
30 Years Ago: December 1988
29 Nov 2018Thirty years ago, the last issue of the year led with a special feature on road...
Not otherwise specified: Toilet humour
26 Nov 2018We don’t often get visitors to the Back Page office, so we were happy to see...
Letter from the Editor: Where have all the drivers gone?
2 Nov 2018This month we report back from the EPCA Annual Meeting, held in an unseasonably...
Learning by training: Star stuff
23 Oct 2018Last week I drove back from Rotterdam to my home town in Switzerland. When I...
30 Years Ago: November 1988
22 Oct 2018There was something of a ‘rail’ theme to the November 1988 issue of HCB....
Digital letter from the editor
15 Oct 2018Back in the days before the internet, restless youths had to make their...
30 Years Ago: October 1988
28 Sep 2018HCB’s October 1988 issue was something of a whopper – almost as big as the...
Not Otherwise Specified: This month’s miscellany
27 Sep 2018DUST IT OFF Police were called to a petrol station in Stoke-on-Trent, UK early...
Learning by Training: The Cassandra Effect
25 Sep 2018By Arend van Campen I recently read an interesting article by Richard A Clarke...
View from the Porch Swing: Unintended consequences
18 Sep 2018I’ve really liked some of the people that I’ve shared a department or group...
Editor’s Letter to Europe
13 Sep 2018Europe is, historically, the birthplace of the chemical industry....
30 years ago: September 1988
28 Aug 2018Thirty years ago, HCB notched up a significant milestone: 100 issues since it...
View from the Porch Swing: Put your money where your mouth is
28 Aug 2018Dear Air Carriers, I hear that you are interested in reducing the number...
NOS: Mind the stench
22 Aug 2018Nobody wants to wake up in the morning and find a foreign body in their...
Learning by Training: Uncertainty
20 Aug 2018This is a continuation of my earlier column on ‘Chaos’. Here is a quote...
Political letter from the editor
16 Aug 2018HCB normally steers away from politics but these days there seems to be so much...
Thoughts on Tariffs
14 Aug 2018HCB Live presents ‘HCB thoughts on’. Every Tuesday we will be...
