{"product_id":"b-9780349116032","title":"Attention All Shipping","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis solemn, rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour. Since its first broadcast in the 1920s it has inspired poems, songs and novels in addition to its intended objective of warning generations of seafarers of impending storms and gales.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSitting at home listening to the shipping forecast can be a cosily reassuring experience. There's no danger of a westerly gale eight, veering southwesterly increasing nine later (visibility poor) gusting through your average suburban living room, blowing the Sunday papers all over the place and startling the cat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYet familiar though the sea areas are by name, few people give much thought to where they are or what they contain. In \u003cem\u003eAttention All Shipping\u003c\/em\u003e Charlie Connelly wittily explores the places behind the voice, those mysterious regions whose names seem often to bear no relation to conventional geography. Armchair travel will never be the same again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e384 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: Abacus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN: 978-0349146270\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HACHETTE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39499711709340,"sku":"B-9780349146270","price":13.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0480\/8759\/7212\/files\/Attention_All_Shipping.jpg?v=1718031299","url":"https:\/\/shop.bristoldockyards.org\/products\/b-9780349116032","provider":"Bristol Dockyards Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}