The Gunpowder Plot has become a nice, family-friendly party night with bonfires and fireworks and an engraving that's safe enough to be shown on the Tube. But this is not a safe story.

The Catholic conspirator jumped or fell from the gallows on this day in 1606, breaking his neck before the executioner could ...

In 1605 a group of Catholics plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London with King James I inside and take control of the country. The leader of the Plot was Robert Catesby. The man in ...

The Gunpowder plot has become a nice, family friendly party night with bonfires and fireworks and an engraving that's safe enough to be shown on the tube. But this is not a safe story. Back in ...

The tradition dates back to 1605 when Guy Fawkes failed in his plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament, an event known as ...

A dark past Bonfire night events in the UK traditionally celebrate Guy Fawkes and the 1605 failed gunpowder plot on the Houses ... hosting a bonfire and fireworks display at different sites ...