By anatomically dissecting each stage of this medieval punishment, we can understand the profound agony the gunpowder plot co-conspirators endured.

Originally an anti-Catholic celebration, Guy Fawkes Day, or “Bonfire Night,” is now celebrated as a holiday, with bonfires and fireworks lit nationwide. Fawkes himself can be seen year-round.

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In Edinburgh, riots erupted, instigated by groups of youths who brutally disturbed the peace of residents. Masked hooligans ...

The plot is commemorated every autumn with the burning of an effigy of Guy Fawkes, its mastermind, an oddly pagan act of gloating sanitised by the addition of fireworks, sparklers and toffee apples.

A seasonal brainteaser has emerged to tax our grey matter as we approach bonfire night. It asks people taking ... In the latest fiendishly difficult Guy Fawkes brainteaser, created by Selco ...

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IT’S that time of year again, when we need to remember, remember, the fifth of November. Britain’s annual Bonfire Night celebration goes back centuries. Here we have an essential guide ...

The 2005 political thriller focuses on an anarchist freedom fighter called V, who wears a Guy Fawkes mask and plots to blow up the UK Parliament on Bonfire Night in protest of a neo-fascist regime.

Scotland is set to experience a mild but cloudy Guy Fawkes night on Tuesday with temperatures sticking at around 10 degrees throughout the day and evening across the country. Glasgow could even ...

Research from public safety planning experts found just one in three bonfire night hosts prioritise safety with more people ...