Every year on November 5, skies across England, Scotland and Wales are illuminated by fireworks as Brits head out into the night to enjoy Guy Fawkes Night celebrations. Also called Fireworks Night ...

One goes: Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intent To blow up the King and the Parliament Three score barrels of powder below Poor old England to overthrow By God's providence he was catch'd With ...

An effigy of Guy Fawkes has traditionally been burned on British bonfires every November for more than 400 years. Nowadays, he is just as much associated with modern day protests and rebellion as ...

Here it is. These are the gunpowder plotters, the infamous Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators who, on the 5th of November 1605, tried to blow up a packed parliament in the name of their ...

THE FIFTH of November is known across the world as Guy Fawkes Night. The primarily English holiday commemorates the historical moment a member of the Gunpowder Plot was arrested for guarding ...

There are firework displays in public parks across the country and people light bonfires with an effigy to represent the historical figure Guy Fawkes. It is a quintessentially British activity ...

Guy Fawkes was sentenced to death for his role in the Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to kill James I of England, members of the royal family and government officials. Public domain via Wikimedia ...

After their infamous plot to destroy parliament was foiled, Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators received one of the most severe judicial sentences in English history: hanging, drawing and quartering.

The story of Bonfire Night – aka Guy Fawkes Night – is well known in the UK. The plan – or Gunpowder Plot – was to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament on ...

but its origin is widely believed to come from Guy Fawkes, the mastermind behind the failed Gunpowder Plot. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Does the word "guy" come from the historical figure Guy Fawkes?

It is believed Guy Fawkes planned to use the lantern's candle to light the fuse as part of his gunpowder plot A lantern believed to have been carried by Guy Fawkes on the night he was arrested is ...