Diary

19-25 July

Tuesday 20: Royal Tournament begins, Earl's Court Exhibition Centre, London SW5.

Wednesday 21: 75th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force.

Thursday 22: Cricket, fourth Cornhill Test Match begins, England v Australia, Headingley. Royal Isle of Wight Agricultural Society County Show, Cowes, Isle of Wight. Northampton Show, Abington Park, Northampton.

Friday 23: Athletics, Grand Prix, Crystal Palace, London SE20. Stowe Horse Trials, Stowe Park, Buckingham. Cambridge Folk Festival begins.

Saturday 24: International Air Tattoo, Royal Air Force Fairford, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Horse Racing, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, Ascot. Royal Naval Museum Festival of the Sea, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Medway Arts Festival begins, Rochester, Kent.

Sunday 25: Seventh Sunday after Trinity. Polo, Cartier International Day, Guards Polo Club, Windsor. Medieval Jousting Tournament, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire.