The Economist

British telephone boxes are getting a facelift, of sorts

Few things are as quintessentially British as a red telephone box. In Covent Garden, in central London, tourists queue to pose for selfies with the analogue receivers. But locals are more familiar ...

Charity buys famous phone box for £1

A phone box, which appears on a street made famous by Jane Austen, has been bought by a charity for just £1. The K6 red phone ...

It may look like an ordinary phone box from a distance but up close it is anything but

Located in Meols, Wirral, is an unassuming red phone box that stands proudly at the junction of Greenwood Road and Birkenhead Road. The history of what is now a musical monument, is linked to the ...