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And Now the Shipping Forecast

V&A Illustration Awards 2012

And Now the Shipping Forecast

And Now the Shipping News - A tide of history around our shores is written by Peter Jefferson who presented The Shipping Forecast on Radio 4 for over 40 years. The book is a memoir and a history of the science behind the forecast.