There was a time when telephone landlines were a normal part of every home. A retro phone fixed to the wall, a long coiled wire stretched across the room, a little static in the background, and one ...

Remember these? The rotary phone is still something of an icon, and if you look at the infographics dotted around public telephones, it is still literally an icon. The trouble is, as lovely as they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hannah Fry says she's getting her daughter a landline for Christmas. (Getty Images) (Getty Images) Many of us remember spending ...