Reblog
Sometimes, I look back on blogposts I have written in the past and they can seem like offerings made by someone else. So it was when earlier today I revisited this particular post - published on August 14th 2020, during the time of COVID. I was rather pleased with it and the way it was written. First time round, I titled it "Boxes"... Somehow Britain's famous red phone boxes said something about who we were as a nation. They were strong, permanent structures made from iron and boldly painted red. They had glass panes for there was confidence that law-abiding citizens would not break them. And they were a visible declaration of our belief in both new technology and communication. Every community of any size had its own red phone box and you would also find them at remote crossroads in the countryside or in banks of half a dozen in busy city centres. They had pierced royal crowns beneath domed roofs and the word "telephone" appeared on all four sides - illumi...