Redundant red and other phone boxes are increasingly being adopted by local communities - Copyright AFP Josh Edelson Redundant red and other phone boxes are ...

LONDON — Sometimes it’s hard to let go. For many Britons, that can apply to institutions and objects that represent their country’s past power and glory — stately homes, the monarchy … and red phone ...

The historic row of red phone boxes that has stood in Preston city centre for more than 60 years has been uprooted. Eight of the nine iconic booths which lined Market Street until yesterday morning ...

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 ...

Dezeen School Shows: a publication dedicated to the history of the UK's currant red telephone box is among the graphic design projects from the University of Southampton. Also featured is a typeface ...

Once a British icon, the red phone box can be given a new lease of life as an increasing number become defunct. A sharp decline in use since the 1980s has left many phone boxes in a state of disrepair ...

PORTSMOUTH – Since 1984 a British phone booth, or "phone box" as the iconic structure is known in the UK, has stood at the back door of what is now the home of the Portsmouth Historical Society. A ...

In a workshop packed with historic memorabilia, from rusty petrol pumps to vintage enamel signs, Carl Burge skillfully applied the finishing touches to the red British telephone box he was restoring. ...