History of Hull's cream phone boxes - and a Hollywood connection

Film star Robert Aramayo (right) with his parents Mike Aramayo and Lisa Dawson at a cream phone box decorated in his honour ...
Yahoo

Thousands of red UK phone boxes to be protected from closure

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of Britain’s iconic red phone boxes will be protected from removal under new rules, the U.K.'s telecommunications regulator said Tuesday. The public payphone boxes may look ...
ZDNet

BT puts classic 'Jubilee' phone boxes up for sale

BT has begun selling off its vintage 'Jubilee' or 'K6' phone boxes, as the age of the mobile phone sees usage of the design icons plummet. The telecoms giant said on Thursday that the refurbished cast ...
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 ...
Hyperallergic

The 19th-Century Tomb That Inspired London’s Iconic Telephone Box

When you step into one of London's iconic red telephone boxes, you're entering the architecture of a tomb. Her tomb, which became the family vault, was raised over her grave in Old St Pancras ...
The Financial Times

British by design: the red phone box

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. This is the second in a series of sketches in which the Financial Times examines the markers of British visual ...
bleedingcool

Build Your Very Own Red London Telephone Box with LEGO Ideas

"Spend quality time creating a brick-built version of a British cultural icon: the Red London Telephone Box (21347). A nostalgic London souvenir gift for travel-lovers and history buffs, the ...
NPR

The U.K. will save thousands of its iconic red phone kiosks from being shut down

The U.K.'s phone regulator says it will keep thousands of the nation's famous red public phone kiosks in service, despite a sharp drop in calls from the boxes. Communications regulator Ofcom says the ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

British propose to keep 5,000 public-phone boxes

LONDON — Thousands of Britain’s iconic red phone boxes will be protected from removal under new rules, the U.K.’s telecommunications regulator said Tuesday. The public payphone boxes may look like ...
KSL

Thousands of UK's phone boxes to be protected from closure

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Seattle Times

Thousands of red UK phone boxes to be protected from closure

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of Britain’s iconic red phone boxes will be protected from removal under new rules, the U.K.’s telecommunications regulator said Tuesday. The public payphone boxes may look ...