Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them

Icebergs, ferocious storms and a mutinous crew feature in Mary Ann Patten’s little-known but epic journey

THE small wooden sign that read “Kinlochbay Station” swayed in the winter wind. Elspeth MacKenzie hurried along the platform, her father’s pocket watch clutched in her gloved hand. Five minutes to the

The annual National Historic Ships UK Photography Competition offers a window into our maritime past and how it touches the present day

Hazel Thompson has notched up more than six decades in first aid

G rinding through January and February underlines how ...