DRESS: Centre Court visitors are likely to be expensively dressed in smart casual summer wear.
Boodle & Dunthorne Legends Tennis Classic
DATE: 26 - 28 June, 2002.
VENUE: Stoke Park Country Club, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4PG
WHAT IT IS: An annual tennis tournament sponsored by society jewellers Boodle & Dunthorne, attracting players such as Andre Agassi, Mark Phillipousis and James Blake. Amateurs may challenge the professionals.
FURTHER INFORMATION AND TICKETS: Contact the organisers on 020 7924 6000 or through their website. Corporate packages are available from the organisers and other companies at around £200 per day.
WEBSITE: www.boodleanddunthorne.com
GETTING THERE: Exit the M4 at junction 6 and take the A355 towards Beaconsfield. After 2.5 miles turn right at the double mini roundabout in Farnham Royal on to the B416 (Park Road). The entrance to Stoke Park Club is 1.25 miles on the right. Nearest Rail: Slough.
DRESS: The latest elegant fashions will get you noticed.
ACCOMMODATION: Stoke Park Club, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4PG. Online booking.
The tournament venue Country Club hotel is a sister hotel to nearby Cliveden Hotel with similar connoisseur amenities.
The Cultural & Festival Month
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
DATE: First week until mid-August
VENUE: Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V ODS.
WHAT IT IS: The two-centuries-old Royal Academy SummerExhibition is now the world's largest open contemporary
art exhibition and an important showcase for British artists
to sell their work. Past Royal Academicians include William
Blake and JMW Turner, and more recently David Hockney
and Peter Blake (who hung last year's show). Most works
are for sale, some at very reasonable prices. The RA,
founded in 1768 under the patronage of George III, is
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