Visit the new London Remembers

Your author doesn't usually write about the internet, but last night saw the relaunch of a website he has long been a fan of. London Remembers is a fascinating project by Richenda Walford to document all of London's memorials.


Richenda has spent years wandering the streets of London researching its plaques, monuments, statues and fountains, finding out about them, and plotting them on a map with context and photographs, and the new site makes it even easier to find memorials in your area, or any area of London, and learn more about them.

For more, visit http://www.londonremembers.com/

Find your nearest toilet

Your author doesn't usually talk about online things, but the new website from Ian Mansfield, the creator of Ianvisits, is so in tune with the ethos of this site, it is definitely worth a mention. For Ian has mapped all London's public toilets, in an easily accessible guide.


There are, we are told, over 800 public toilets within the M25 and Ian has located all the ones he can find and pinpointed them on a map which can be used on your computer or on a mobile phone, to ensure you're never caught short again.

The map includes both public toilets, and shops and cafes taking part in a Community Toilet Scheme, and they are searchable by price and opening times, though unfortunately you can't filter out cottaging or tramps shaving and washing their socks in the sink.

For more, see http://www.toiletmap.co.uk/

Pop into church.co.uk

As the church struggles to keep up with the modern world, it was inevitable really, and in 2003, Christ Church & Upton Chapel in Lambeth decided to rename itself church.co.uk.


Though the original Christ Church was largely destroyed during the Second World War, and Upton Chapel was completely wiped off the map, the current modern building was rebuilt in 1960, and the original spire of Christ Church remains.

Following the Second World War, the church operated without a base for some time. Because of this, the decision was taken to unite the two churches, and today, they operate as a normal church, also offering a home to the Hub Coffee House which serves decent soups and other snacks from 8am to 4pm on weekdays.

The remaining spire itself has an interesting story having been donated by the family of Abraham Lincoln in recognition of the support given by the church in the battle for the emancipation of the slaves in North America. For it was here, a short walk from the Houses of Parliament, that William Wilberforce and friends held many of their anti-slavery meetings.

For more information, visit http://church.co.uk/