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.

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 ...

The consequences for Guy Fawkes and the other plotters and how the events of 1605 are commemorated in present day Bonfire Night ... is relevant for teaching History at KS1 in England, Wales ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Bonfire Night - also known as Guy Fawkes Night or Fireworks Night - is ... A few months later the Observance of November 5 Act made the day an annual celebration of the plot's failure.