Fine Print: German Bight. Thursday 24 August 1995. Northwesterly 4, backing southwesterly 5 or 6. Rain later. Good becoming moderate. Signed where the final destination is

where the final destination is little less than a roadside touristic attraction

communists and liberals formed to fight the rising tide of fascism in the inter-war period

vanishing cultures

” In spite of being a highly popular image

offering a whimsical glimpse of New York at its most delightfully unpredictable

Fine Print: German Bight. Thursday 24 August 1995. Northwesterly 4, backing southwesterly 5 or 6. Rain later. Good becoming moderate. Signed where the final destination isIntangible and mysterious, familiar yet obscure, the Shipping Forecast is broadcast four times daily on BBC Radio 4. For those at, or about to put to sea, the forecast may mean the difference between life and death. But for millions of landlubbing radio listeners it is more than this; the enigmatic language of the forecast has entered public consciousness, creating a landscape of the imagination and confirming romantic notions of Britain's island