A short history of voluntary death: The ancients accepted it, Christians rejected it and now a post-Christian elite is half in love with easeful death again. [MercatorNet]
World’s First Telephone Book Surfaces: The phone book contained information useful to 391 subscribers within the New Haven, Conn., area who were obviously still learning their way around the new communication device. “Should you wish to speak to another subscriber you should commence the conversation by saying, ‘Hulloa!’” it instructs. [Discovery]
The Berlin Airlift: 40 years on former RAF aircraft electrician Geoffrey W. Smith recalls his experiences while stationed in Berlin during the Soviet Blockade. [New Statesman]
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