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How to have fun on November 5 – without a bonfire or fireworks

Traditional Bonfire Night celebrations can be harmful to animals and the environment, so what can we do instead?

The Independent UK

Why is Bonfire Night celebrated? How Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder Plot backfired

Thwarted bid to blow up House of Lords made 17th century Britain even less tolerant

The Independent UK

Why some historians think Guy Fawkes gunpowder plot was made up and evidence is 'thin'

The story of how Guy Fawkes tried to blow-up Parliament and the King on November 5 has been immortalised through 400 years of Bonfire Nights. But what if the whole thing was trumped up?

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How to have fun on November 5 – without a bonfire or fireworks

Traditional Bonfire Night celebrations can be harmful to animals and the environment, so what can we do instead?

The Independent UK

Why is Bonfire Night celebrated? How Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder Plot backfired

Thwarted bid to blow up House of Lords made 17th century Britain even less tolerant

The Independent UK

Guy Fawkes review – mild comedy needs some satirical gunpowder

Despite some strong performances, this production is undone by flip-flopping between the serious and the silly

The Guardian - UK

A more resonant occasion than Guy Fawkes

It’s time Aotearoa asks why we celebrate Guy Fawkes instead of looking to our own uncomfortable past to commemorate the lives of Taranaki Māori who suffered cruel injustices.

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‘Terrible blowe’: gunpowder plot tipoff letter to go on display

Anonymous letter warning Lord Monteagle not to attend 1605 opening of parliament among items at National Archives treason exhibition

The Guardian - UK

Giant effigy of former UK PM Truss to go up in smoke

Edenbridge (United Kingdom) (AFP) - A giant effigy of former UK prime minister Liz Truss, who quit after a disastrous 49 days in power, will be torched on Britain's Bonfire Night, organisers revealed Wednesday.

AFP

How to have fun on November 5 – without a bonfire or fireworks

Traditional Bonfire Night celebrations can be harmful to animals and the environment, so what can we do instead?

The Independent UK

Why is Bonfire Night celebrated? How Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder Plot backfired

Thwarted bid to blow up House of Lords made 17th century Britain even less tolerant

The Independent UK

Firework sales ‘soar’ as cash-strapped councils cancel Bonfire Night displays

Some councils bin events due to cost of living pressures

The Independent UK

How to have fun on November 5 – without a bonfire or fireworks

Traditional Bonfire Night celebrations can be harmful to animals and the environment, so what can we do instead?

The Independent UK

Oldham bonfire and fireworks displays taking place in 2022

The bonfire and fireworks displays happening in Oldham this year

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Salford bonfires and firework displays taking place in 2022

The bonfire and fireworks displays happening in Salford this year

The Independent UK

How to have fun on November 5 – without a bonfire or fireworks

Traditional Bonfire Night celebrations can be harmful to animals and the environment, so what can we do instead? By Imy Brighty-Potts.

The Independent UK

How to have fun on November 5 – without a bonfire or fireworks

Traditional Bonfire Night celebrations can be harmful to animals and the environment, so what can we do instead? By Imy Brighty-Potts.

Manchester Evening News

Stockport bonfires and firework displays taking place in 2022

The bonfire and fireworks displays happening in Stockport this year

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Evening Standard

Protest demanding general election set for Guy Fawkes night

Many are demanding a general election is held to determine the next PM

Wales Online

Protest calling for General Election set for Bonfire Night as 200,000 sign petition

Nearly 200,000 people have signed a petition calling for a General Election after Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister after just 45 days in office

The Independent UK

Westminster Hall: The colourful history of the 900-year-old building

It has been the location for celebrations and times of mourning.

The Conversation

Macbeth by William Shakespeare: a timeless exploration of violence and treachery

In our Guide to the Classics series, experts explain key works of literature.

The Guardian - UK

The Gunpowder Plot review – hit-and-miss history in subterranean London

A thrilling live adventure is marred by moments of bewildering VR in this immersive voyage back to 1605

Evening Standard

The Gunpowder Plot Immersive Experience review: A few glitches, but this VR/IRL show is pretty astonishing

Once they’ve ironed out the technical issues this should be quite something

Evening Standard

Harry Potter star Tom Felton recalls being mistaken for Ryan Gosling in a McDonald’s

EXCLUSIVE The bemused Draco Malfoy actor said ‘It was like, “Can I get that in writing?”’

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