Guy Fawkes Night, Bonfire Night, History and Meaning of the Day

The 5th of November is known throughout the United Kingdom and some parts of the Commonwealth as Guy Fawkes Day, or Bonfire Night. This tradition is steeped in history and dates back to 1605 when a man named...

Remember remember Ross, Brand and the 5th of November

With the US Elections taking the limelight, it's good to know the Brits are still celebrating Guy Fawkes night, in the way the know how, by burning everything including effigies of disgraced celebrities, Ross and Brand who have seemed to slip from public view at the moment,...

Cherie Blair on the Bonfire for Guy Fawkes Day (her effigy that is)

Will the revelers in Edenbridge (Kent) see Cherie Blair go up in flame (her effigy that is) for its celebration of Guy Fawkes Day (Bonfire Night) on November 3rd? This is what the well informed Pam Kent of...

From 'Eat Well, Be Well' to 'Bonfire Night'

It took a fish story to make me discover a UK tradition of November 5th Bonfires.

Pope and Dubya blown up in small English town

The Bonfire Night celebrations were as fiery as usual in Lewes, a small county town in the South of England, with effigies of the Pope, George Bush with poodle Tony Blair, and - strangely - Steve Irwin, all...

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