The Times Information Service Today's events Royal engagements The Prince of Wales attends a Colloquium on conventional medi- cine and complementary therapies at The Royal Society of Medicine, Wimpole St, 5.30. The Duke of Gloucester attends thle East of England Agricultural Show, Peterborough, 10.20. The Duchess of Gloucester opens a home for the Royal Surgical Aid Society, at High Broom, Crow- borough, Sussex, 11.10- and later, as Patron, The Royal Society for the Blind, attends the annual Prize- giving at Dorton House School, Sevenoaks. Kent. 2.30. The Duchess of Kent attends Leeds University degree cere- monies. 12.15. Princess Alexandra opens the newly installed Cyclotron at the Neutron Therapy Research Unit, Clatterbridge Hospital, 3.30 and later visits St John's Hospice, Clatterbridge, Merseyside, 5.05. Princess Michael of Kent attends the Royal Tournament Ladies lunch, Earls Court, 12.15. Prince and Princess Michael of Kent attend the film premiere of Suipergirl at the ABC Cinema, Shaftesbury Avenue, 7.50. New exhibitions The life and times of Samuel Johnson; Arts Council 105 Piccadil- ly, WI; Mon to Fri 10 to 5.30; (ends Sept 14). Design in London; The Design Centre, 28 Haymarket, SWI; Mon to Tues 10 to 6. Wed to Sat 10 to 8, Sun I to 6; (ends Sept 8). Tenerife lace by Alexandra Stillwell; Foyles Art Gallery, 113- 119 Charing Cross Rd, WC2; (ends Aug 15). Smithfield to Sevenoaks; span- ning 450 years of Christian Heritage; Riverhill House, Seve- noaks; daily 2 to 5.30; (ends Aug 5). Music Pianc recital by Jorge Bolet; Bishopsgate Hall, 230 Bishopsgate, EC2, 1.05. Concert by the Amaryllis Con- sort; St Michael's Church, Cornhill, EC3, 7.30. Organ recital by John Schankin; St Giles-without-Cripplegate, Fore St, EC2, 1.10. Piano recital by Leonara Carney; St Olave, Hart Street, EC3, 1.05. Organ recital by Ashley Tidy (Toronto), Hampstead Garden Suburb Free Church, NW I 1, 8. Talks, lectures Seventeenth century dress, I1 embroidery in the seventeenth century, 12.30; by Imogen Stewart; Indian carpets by Eileen Graham, 2.30; Victoria and Albert Museum, SW7. The Surrealist Masters: (3) Dali, by Simon Wilson; Tate Gallery, Millbank, 1. A brush with Colour: Leonardo da Vinci; National Gallery, Trafal- gar Sq, 1. General Festival of the City of London: The Complcat Cook, cooking in Tudor and Stuart London, work- shop by Rosemary Weinstein, 1.10: the guests are met, the feast is set: laying a table in the 18th century, workshop by Dr. Tessa Murdoch, 3; Museaum of London, London Wall, EC2. Art in Action: 200 artists display their skills at Waterperry House, Nr Wheatley, Oxford; admission ?3.50; 50p for tuition in a practical class; charges for concerts and theatre performances vary; 10.30 to 5.30 daily (until July 22) Anniversaries Births: John MartIn, historical painter, Haydon Bridge, Northum- berland, 1789; Edgar Degas, Paris, 1834. Deaths: Matthew Flinders, explorer, London, 1814. Vaccinations The DHSS has issued 2 free leaflets on recommended or re- quired vaccinations when going abroad. SA35, Proct- Your Hlealth Abroad ind SA30, Medical Cost Abroad are available from travel agents and the DHSS Leaflets Unit, PO Box 21, Stanmore, HA7 IAY. Most travel agents also have the Prestel Viewdata Service which gives up-to-date information on vaccinations. New books - paperback The Literary Editor's selection of interesting books published this week: Ch0khv, The EarlY Storis 1883-Ul, chosen and translated by Patrick Miles and Harvey Pitcher (Abacus, ?2.75) Dividing Lines, stories by Victor Sage (Chatto & Windus, ?3.95) Foreign Devils on the Silk Road, by Peter Hopkirk (Oxford, ?3.95) Golden Miles, novel by Katharine Susannah Prichard (Virago, ?3.95) Good Times, Bad Times, by Harold Evans (Holder & Stoughton, ?2.95) Hig hgate Cemetery, Victorian Valhalla, photographed by John Gay, introduced by Fe'lix Barker (John Murray, ?7.50) The English Year from Diaries and Letters, compiled by Geoffrey Grigson (Oxford, ?2.95) The Illustrated Natural History of Selborne, introduction by June E. Chatfield (Macmillan & Gilbert White Museum, ?8.95) The Joumey Homeward, novel by Gerald Hanley (Abacus, ?2.95) Winged Seeds, by Katharine Susannah Prichard (Virago, ?3.95) PH Roads London and South-east: A302: Grosvenor Place: roadworks at the junction with Chester St; delays northbound; A240: Edgware Rd: roadworks outside NE Surrey Technical College; delays south- bound and delays for traffic heading towards M25 Gatwick Link. B481:Thames Valley: Prospect St; Caversham; only one' lane north- bound; southbound traffic diverted via Westfield Rd. Wales and West' M5: Only two lanes open in each direction between junction 25 (Taunton) and junction 26 (Wellington). A548: Delays at Prestatyn due to roadworks. Swimming warning British Waterways Board are strongly recommending the public not to swim in their canals, rivers and reservoirs. The waterways can be dangerous and each year a number of people drown. Canals have sluice tunnels which produce strong currents and debris in rivers can be dangerous. The, pound Bank Bank Buy Australia S 1.V4 S1.84 s7 Austria Sch 27.50 25.90 Belghin Fr 79.00 75.00 Canada S 1. 80 1.73 Denmark Kr 14.23 13.53 Finland Mkk 8.22 7.82 FranceFr 111e5 11.35 Germany OM 3.89 3.70 Greece Dr 156.00 147.00, Hongkong$ 10.73 10.1& Ireland Pt 1.27 1 i21, Italy Lira 2370.00 2270.00 Japan Yen 334.00 318.00 Netherlands Gld 4.39 4.17 Norway Kr 11.20 10.70 Portugal Esc. 199.50 191.50 South Afrita Rd 2.17 2.03 Spein Pta 215.00 205.00 SwedenKr 11,28 10.78 Switzerland Fr 3.29 3.12 USA $ 1.36 1.31. Yugoslavia Dnr 195.00 185.00 Retall Price Index: 351.9. London: The FT Index closd down 0.7 at 769.8. New York: The Dow Jones ndwustral avera closed -down t 26 sat 1111 64. Parliament:today Commons ' (2.30): Motions on social seCurity benefits. Lorls- (3): Ordnance Factories and Military. 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