
The call that changed the world
What we can learn from Alexander Graham Bell 150 years after his first-long distance phone call. Plus, an epic love story
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Cathrin Bradbury is a Toronto-based journalist and a regular contributor to major Canadian media. She is the author of This Way Up, published by Penguin Random House in 2025, and writes a column called “The 3/4 Life Crisis” for the Toronto Star.

What we can learn from Alexander Graham Bell 150 years after his first-long distance phone call. Plus, an epic love story

What we can learn from Alexander Graham Bell 150 years after his first-long distance phone call. Plus, an epic love story

What we can learn from Alexander Graham Bell 150 years after his first-long distance phone call. Plus, an epic love story