August is clearly bench month in the UK:

The world's first internet-enabled park bench is unveiled in Bury St Edmonds.

Twelve benches in Barrow-in-Furness are equipped with headphone sockets, each relating one chapter of a story.

A bench in Richmond Park is dedicated to Ian Dury, and plays eight of his songs.

This Sunday, a rather less high-tech bench in Soho Square will be dedicated to Kirsty MacColl.