It's Guy Fawkes Day! On this day, the UK celebrates the foiling of a plot to kill King James I in 1605 by lighting fireworks and, in a morbid twist, burning an effigy of poor Guy. It's easy to ...

so why is he still singled out as one of British history's greatest villains more than 400 years after his death? Picture: Print showing the Execution of Guy Fawkes, 1606 (engraving) by German School.

One of the conspirators, Guy Fawkes, was tasked with igniting this huge bomb. It is Fawkes' effigy that is still burned on 5 November bonfires to this day.

Today is Guy Fawkes Day, a day where the U.K. celebrates the foiling of a plot to kill King James I in 1605. The country celebrates this by lightning fireworks and, in a morbid twist, burning an ...

In January 1606, the U.K. Parliament established November 5 as a day of public thanksgiving. Today we celebrate November 5 as Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night ... surveillance apparatus — remains a ...

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 ...

Hannah Sackville-Bryant investigates the Yorkshire history of Guy Fawkes. Alan Sharp ... "The Lord Mayor of London ordered a day of rejoicing because the king had been spared, by setting bonfires ...

The Cape of Good Hope SPCA recently revealed that what was expected to be another busy night of firework-related animal ...

marking an annual nod to one of the most significant events in our history. Over 400 years ago, on 5 November 1605, Guy Fawkes was arrested while guarding explosives that he and his fellow ...

Caricatured image of Guy Fawkes holding a bomb, with slogan below. Guy Fawkes (1570-1606), also known as Guido Fawkes, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics who were responsible for ...