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Death Anniversary: John Frederick Lampe — July 25, 1751

25 July 2027

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He died in Edinburgh on 25 July 1751 and was buried in the Canongate Kirkyard. Born in Saxony and moving to London around 1725, he played bassoon in Handel’s opera orchestra and became a premier composer of English theatrical burlesques, including the smash hit The Dragon of Wantley, as well as Methodist hymns for Charles Wesley.

A note on this date. The exact day of birth is unrecorded in Saxon registers (c. 1703); we celebrate his verified death anniversary on 25 July. We publish it with the warning rather than leave the page out, and if you can point us to a register or an archive that carries it we will confirm or correct it.

Dates verified on Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry "Lampe, John Frederick" (https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/15961); Grove Music Online, entry "Lampe, John Frederick" (https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.15934).

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The national collections cost nothing

Fifteen national museums and galleries have charged nothing for their permanent collections since 2001 — among them the National Gallery and the Natural History Museum. Temporary exhibitions are ticketed separately, and the busiest houses now ask you to reserve a free timed slot rather than queue, so book before you set off.

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In September, the doors that are usually shut open

For one long weekend every September, some fifty European countries run the European Heritage Days together: palaces, workshops, archives and private houses that are closed the rest of the year let visitors in, almost always for nothing. The United Kingdom sets its own dates, and they are published a few weeks ahead.

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Maps, opening hours and tickets all need data, and roaming outside your own network still costs more than the ticket. A travel eSIM for the United Kingdom installs on your phone before you leave home and works the moment you land — no queue at the airport, no physical card to swap.

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