Even in today’s social media age, the idea of a directory laying bare home numbers and addresses seems bizarre, writes Jonathan Margolis – but years after prank calls, the humble phone book helped him ...

The end of landline phones in the UK is near. Telephone provider, BT, has announced that they will be putting an end to landline phones by 2025, in a movement that they’re calling ‘The BT Switch Off’.

With the majority of Britons now carrying a smartphone in their pocket, demand for static, boring telephone boxes has dwindled. A small number of them have been repurposed, turned into tiny offices, ...

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