The plan, which came close to blowing up the Houses of Parliament on 5 November 1605, was hatched by a group of radical Catholic conspirators at the family home of leading plotter Robert Catesby.

On 4 November 1605, Cecil ordered searches of the whole of the Houses of Parliament, and Fawkes was arrested. He was found dressed for a swift exit with spurs on his boots. Fawkes endured two days ...

The event's origins lie in plotter Guy Fawkes' foiled plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Nowadays, that element is often overlooked in favour of a general celebration of bonfires ...

Two years after taking the throne a group of disaffected English Catholics led by Robert Catesby attempted to assassinate James and the leading Protestant nobles by blowing up the Houses of ...