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.

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The 'Gunpowder Plot' was foiled at the eleventh hour, an event still celebrated annually on 5 November and named for the most famous of the conspirators - Guy Fawkes Night. But who was Guy Fawkes ...

What pushed Guy Fawkes over the edge? What pushed Guy Fawkes over the edge? What turned him from a radical who wanted change to an extremist willing to kill? Foreign correspondent Jason Burke has ...

Ripley Castle is a Grade I listed 14th-century country house, now up for sale for the first time in its history.

So, this is the world of my ancestor’s story – the story of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. A plot is a secret plan. Here, look – shhhh! These men are plotters. They think nobody can hear.

When gun-cotton was first discovered, no other idea was entertained respecting its application than that of superseding gunpowder as an explosive agent. Since that period, however, it has ...

Assistant Superintendent for the Sioux Falls School District, Jamie Nold, said the committee has had over 10,600 responses to the survey. He added the cell phone discussion mainly pertains to the ...

Only at the final stage of making this gunpowder is the process subject to any explosive contingency. In illustration of this, the following circumstance should be stated; in July, 1868 ...

This increased from £221.20, or £10,600.20, last year. Those on the basic state pension receive £169.50 a week, or £8,814 a year, up from £156.20 and £8,122 in 2023-24. The table below shows ...

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