Chemical hazards in the environment
"Aspinall's enamel surpasses all others. The finest colours in the world. Sixty years evolution in decorative art. Avoid imitations." The picture of a grave old Queen Victoria on the advertisement gives the period away. - Martin Henry

The threat of US stagflation
DESPITE THE persistent optimism about the future among most American economic analysts, a few have in recent months begun using the dreaded S-word to describe what might lie ahead: stagflation. - John Rapley

The dangerous allure of tough policing
I HAVE never spoken to Senior Superintendent Reneto DeCordova Valentino Adams, but I have twice felt his immense presence from relatively close range (no pun boss, no pun). The first was at the bottom of 100 Lane... - Melville Cooke