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

Every 5 November we remember the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 – a thwarted act of terror in which a cabal of Catholic conspirators ...

Guy Fawkes Night remains well observed in pockets of Britain. In Ottery St Mary, Devon, locals carry flaming barrels of tar ...

Like many people, ever year on 5 November, I find myself muttering the words of this familiar rhyme, so deep is it ingrained ...

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

Picture: Print showing the Execution of Guy Fawkes, 1606 (engraving) by German School. Bridgeman Art Library Ltd Timewatch presenter Alice Hogge describes the execution of Guy Fawkes on 31 January ...

Timewatch presenter Alice Hogge describes the execution of Guy Fawkes on 31 January 1606. Timewatch presenter Alice Hogge describes the execution of Guy Fawkes on 31 January 1606. Timewatch ...

What is Guy Fawkes Night? For many Kiwis ... and the public were allowed in later years to celebrate the king's survival and ...

A BBC drama about the gunpowder plot has drawn criticism for its violence. One viewer labelled an execution scene in Gunpowder "grotesque and completely unnecessary", while another called it "one ...

Today’s Election Day doesn’t just bring the promise of democratic choice; it falls on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot ...

After their infamous plot to destroy parliament was foiled, Guy Fawkes and his co ... Before his public execution on January 31 1606, Fawkes was tortured to force a confession about his ...