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 ...

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 ...

The execution of Guy Fawkes is perhaps one of the most famous in English history. With wood block carvings of his torture and ...

Guy Fawkes seems as long and drawn-out as Christmas these days. The night sky is lit up with rockets and fancy fireworks long before the fifth, the date to “remember, remember” the ...

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