When traveling, we tend to socialize more and pay more attention to what is going on around us. We notice strange or nice fellow travelers, striking cultural peculiarities, or even almost unbelievable ...

Harold MacMillan famously proclaimed “most of our people have never had it so good”, but he clearly hadn’t yet received his new iPhone 16 Pro. Seven decades on – with a mere touch on a six inch glass ...

Alan Sharp, of White Rose York Tours, said Fawkes was probably born in Stonegate, York, as that was where his father had a property. Explaining Bonfire Night traditions, he said they started after ...

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 or ...

Historian Ronald Hutton, professor of history and author of “The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain,” tells CNN Travel that Guy Fawkes Night’s endurance is in large part to ...

Historian Ronald Hutton, professor of history and author of “The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain,” tells CNN Travel that Guy Fawkes Night’s endurance is in large part to ...

Facts about Guy Fawkes’ night 1. Guy Fawkes was not the ringleader of the plot to blow up the House of Lords – he was just one of a group of 13 men. The leader was Robert Catesby. Fawkes had ...

In time, effigies of Fawkes replaced the pope. A photograph from 1955, depicting children at a school in Surrey, England, preparing the Guy Fawkes Night bonfire. - Hulton Archive/Getty Images ...

Guy Fawkes was a man who tried to blow up Parliament a long time ago on November 5th but didn't succeed. His story is remembered every year in England with Bonfire Night celebrations.