€16.99
‘One of those simple yet brilliant ideas’ Daily Mail
‘Engaging and often very funny’ Sunday Times
‘A wonderfully eccentric study’ Observer
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.
A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
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Familiar though the sea areas are by name, few people give much thought to where they are or what they contain. Charlie Connelly wittily explores the places behind the voice on the radio, those mysterious regions whose names seem often to bear no relation to conventional geography.
| Weight | 0.3 kg |
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| Dimensions | 19.6 × 12.6 × 4.2 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 384 |
| Language | English |
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| Dewey | 910.45092 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
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