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An entirely new production of Peter Pan in Kensington gardens, which premiered in May 2009 and is running until August, received rave reviews by the top newspapers in Britain.

Peter Pan was thought up by J.M Barrie while walking through Kensington gardens. The author later commissioned a bronze statue of Peter Pan in Kensington gardens, so the production is a sort of home coming for the well-loved character. The first reenactment of Peter Pan premiered in 1904 and was met with so much acclaim that it ran until the Second World War. Indeed, it seems there is some element of reality to the story, as the character of Peter Pan has not faded from people’s minds or aged in over 100 years.

Even the affluent have to cut costs, so here are some tips on what to do in Kensington, London without spending a penny of your hard earned cash.

Any estate agent in Kensington can tell you that house prices remain stable in Kensington as it rides out the recession. However, recently, a whole food store in Kensington had to cut-back on many of its frills. The reason – even the affluent have to tighten their belts and cut back on the usual things they do in Kensington. If you are lucky enough to live in one of the properties in Kensington, you won’t be spending all your time indoors this summer and autumn. However, with high mortgage rates, congestion charges, petrol costs, high food prices, and salary cuts, you may find yourself with less disposable income. Surprisingly, there are plenty of things to do in Kensington on a tight budget.

Whoever said sarcasm is the lowest form of wit had not yet encountered toilet humour. People who are conservative with design in the rest of their house often allow their imaginations to run wild in their toilets, sticking up postcards and below-the-belt jokes, and sometimes even going as far as creating novelty toilets. Portable toilets are no exemption, often being used as the punch line to a bad practical joke. It’s surprising how often people have unleashed their imaginations onto the blank canvas of a porcelain or plastic toilet.

Rainbow toilet

Forget the bright seat warmers and patterned toilet paper: one Flickr user posted up a picture of a toilet with all four walls completely covered in pictures; she called her mother’s novelty toilet ‘possibly the most colourful toilet in Suffolk (UK)’.

Gents

The urinal is watching you

The clothing and textile industry in the UK has not been very conscious of exactly how environmentally sustainable the fashion business is, and what its social impact on the world is (particularly in the third world). Approximately 90% of clothing sold in the UK is imported, with a large portion rumoured to have often come from sweatshops in China and India. Also, the industry’s carbon footprint has been largely ignored, until now.
According to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the clothing industry’s annual carbon footprint stands at a whopping 3.1 million tonnes, and every year it produces 2 million tonnes of rubbish. These statistics are shocking, which is why the Defra initiated the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAB), which was launched at this year’s fashion show, with many designers coming out with eco chic designs.