Good, Occasionally Rhyming: A celebration of the Shipping Forecast in poetry and prose Collection_Jessica Hogarth Whether you’re interested in blue

Whether you’re interested in blue whales

followed by some of the 74-gun ‘ships of the line’

stewardesses

Telescopes were useful at sea to spot potential dangers (be it enemy ships or rocks) from a distance

the first woman vice-admiral in the UK was appointed as recently as 2025

Good, Occasionally Rhyming: A celebration of the Shipping Forecast in poetry and prose Collection_Jessica Hogarth Whether you’re interested in blueA collection of selected poetry and writing about The Shipping Forecast on the 100th anniversary of the first BBC Broadcast. Since its first BBC broadcast in 1925, the Shipping Forecast has captured the nation's heart. Good, Occasionally Rhyming is a love letter in poetry and prose, from Britain's literary landscape to this iconic radio broadcast.