Guy Fawkes Night 2011: Bonfire Night, Fireworks & Occupy Wall St

Guy Fawkes Night Remember remember the fifth of NovemberGunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder, treason Should ever be forgot... So goes the rhyme associated with Guy Fawkes Night, also called...

UK Parliament urged to remember 5th of November

The foiling of the gunpowder plot to blow up the House of Commons more than 400 years ago in 1605 deserves to be properly commemorated, a Labour MP has said. Only a very small plaque exists next to a bike shed...

Getting the jump on Guido (Guy Fawkes)

(I want to see if I can tell this story correctly.) Long ago a man named Guido fought for the Spanish in what is now the Netherlands that was controlled by English Catholics. Guido (Guy) Fawkes grew up in York and...

It's Not The Revolution of The Maoists But Of The Poor & Opressed

Remember, remember the fifth of November,  The gunpowder treason and plot, I know of no reason Why the gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot. On this day in 1605, Guy Fawkes (the man from whose name we get the word 'Guy') failed...

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,...

Guy Fawkes Strikes Again!

Ah, remember the good old days, celebrating Guy Fawkes Night with a bonfire, a few crackers, some sparklers and the odd penny rocket? Sadly almost all gone now in these days of Occupational Health & Safety...

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...

V for Anarchy

"V for Vendetta is out today, not Guy Fawkes Day but not far off, as it is Saint Paddy's day."

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