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.

Guy Fawkes seems as long and drawn-out as Christmas these days. The night sky is lit up with rockets and fancy fireworks long before the fifth, the date to “remember, remember” the ...

On November 5, 1605, revolutionary Guy Fawkes was caught guarding a stash of gunpowder that was to be used to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London, England. Fawkes and his co-conspirators ...

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 ...

COMMENT: Thanks to the increasing cost of putting on a public display, November 5 is fast becoming ‘No-Fireworks Night’ – but ...

The former school of gunpowder plotter Guy Fawkes is all set for its annual fireworks display - but there will not be a bonfire or a guy, the head teacher has said. Fawkes - the most infamous ...

On 5 November every year, the effigy of Guy Fawkes is still burned on bonfires across England in recognition of his part in the failed 'Gunpowder Plot' of 1605. Fawkes didn't devise or lead the ...

The Cape of Good Hope Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is calling on Capetonians to rethink celebrating Guy Fawkes. Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated annually on November 5 ...

The leader of the Plot was Robert Catesby. The man in charge of blowing up Parliament was Guy Fawkes. I look forward to the 5th of November every year. Fireworks, bonfires…oooo, toffee apples!

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In 1606, less than a year after the Gunpowder Plot, Shakespeare was undoubtedly influenced by Guy Fawkes and his ...

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.