Diary: 27 June - 3 July

Wednesday 29: Royal Norfolk Show begins, Norwich. Shrewsbury International Music Festival begins, Music Hall and Shrewsbury Abbey, Shrewsbury. Rowing, Henley Royal Regatta begins, Henley, Oxfordshire.

Thursday 30: 'The Maldive Islands' exhibition opens, Museum of Mankind, London W1. Cricket, third Test begins, England v New Zealand, Old Trafford.

Friday 1 July: International Jazz Festival begins, Birmingham. Toni Grand sculpture exhibition opens, Camden Arts Centre, London NW3. Samson's Tower Visitors' Centre opens, St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Saturday 2: Cheltenham International Festival of Music begins, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Yeomanry Charity Weekend begins, in aid of the Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund. 'Lions in their Dens' guided art walk through Holland Park, starts Leighton House Museum, London W14. Open Day, 1st Battalion The King's Regiment, Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow, Middlesex. Tennis, Ladies' Final, Wimbledon, London SW19. Cycling, Tour de France begins.

Sunday 3: Fifth Sunday after Trinity. City of London Festival begins. Tennis, Men's Final and Close of All England Championships, Wimbledon, London SW19.