Remember, remember, the Fifth of November Gunpowder treason and plot I see no reason why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot. Read More on Bonfire Night. FIZZLE OUT ...

Cecil takes his intelligence letter about the Gunpowder Plot to King James I directly. He knows that James will only get involved with the conspiracy if he thinks he’s uncovered it himself.

Following the Gunpowder Plot in 1605, Parliament decreed November 5 a day of thanksgiving, which came to be known as Guy Fawkes Night. In the 1600s, Fawkes became a stand-in for the Catholic ...

In a pamphlet reprinted in 2016, England’s Catholic Church adamantly denied any clergy were involved in the plot and insisted Catholics had all “vehemently condemned and repudiated the crime.” ...

Discover what Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators hoped to achieve with the Gunpowder plot. Why did their failed plan taint all English Catholics with treason for centuries to come.

An interdisciplinary seminar at the Folger Institute examines terrorism — historical and contemporary — on the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot When scholars gathered in the basement of ...

Many Brits may know the famous chant of “Remember, remember, the 5th of November” – but research has found that as many as one in six (16%) believe the Gunpowder Plot is just a story, and ...

Plot behind the Gunpowder Plot WHEN a booted and spurred Guy Fawkes was found skulking near Parliament around midnight on November 4th, 1605, he unwittingly… By FRANK MCLYNN ...

Modern Britain might have been a very different place if the Gunpowder Plot had gone according to plan. But for a month's delay in the opening of parliament, an unprecedented atrocity might well ...

The house where the Gunpowder Plot was hatched was the "perfect place" for the conspirators to meet, according to historian and TV presenter Lucy Worsley. For her latest BBC Two series, Lucy ...

Of those who don't believe the Gunpowder Plot was real, one in four assumed it was a fairy-tale – while 45% just thought the plot was the source material for the 2005 film, V for Vendetta.