Attention All Shipping : A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format
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A Radio 4 Book of the Week
The Shipping Forecast is a curious piece of broadcasting; at once impenetrably baffling yet at the same time reassuringly familiar, most of us have grown up with this sonorous gazetteer firmly planted in our subconscious. But where are these places, and what secrets do they conceal? Charlie Connelly sets off on a journey round the forecast to find out, unearthing the history and culture behind one of Britain's best-loved broadcasting institutions.
More than simply a hilarious travel book, Attention All Shipping ensures that the evocative stanzas of the shipping forecast will remain a mystery no more. Described as 'one of those simple yet brilliant ideas' by the Daily Mail, 'engaging and often very funny' by the Sunday Times, and 'a wonderfully eccentric study' by the Observer, this bestselling journey takes you around the areas made famous by Radio 4's iconic broadcast.
