How Britain’s beloved red telephone box was saved from extinction
In 1985, British Telecom decommissioned Gilbert Scott’s famous kiosks. Then the Thirties Society stepped in ...
Hobart tip shop worker reunited with table she made in the 1970s after finding it in waste
Helen Watson made a telephone table in 1972 as a schoolgirl. She dreamt of being a cabinet-maker at a time women weren't accepted in the trade. Her table recently turned up at the Hobart tip.
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HMRC was willing to let telephone helplines ‘fail’, say MPs
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK tax authority “sought to degrade” its telephone helplines and “was willing to let them fail ...