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The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, as it became known, was the brainchild of Robert Catesby, a well-to-do gentleman of Warwickshire. Together with Guy Fawkes and three other plotters, ...
The basic story of the failed Gunpowder Plot is a famous one. But although Brits celebrate Bonfire Night with fireworks every year on Nov. 5, the details of that fateful night remain sketchy to many.
New BBC drama Gunpowder dramatises the events of one of the most famous thwarted assassinations in history – the Gunpowder Plot, where radical Catholics attempted to blow up the Houses of ...
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.
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 ...
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.
Premium docs specialist Lightbox is moving into drama with Gunpower Siege, a scripted series for Sky History in the UK that promises to reveal the gripping truth behind the Gunpowder Plot. Chuku ...
How Guy Fawkes, Figurehead of the Gunpowder Plot, Avoided the Full Horrors of Execution by Hanging, Drawing and Quartering The Catholic conspirator jumped or fell from the gallows on this day in ...
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.
Harry Potter’s Tom Felton stars in this camp but clever immersive recreation of the 1605 plot to blow up Parliament This lavish new immersive theatre attraction from the Tower of London is, in ...
The Gunpowder Plot is a thrilling new immersive experience which takes place in a purpose-designed immersive theatre space in Tower Vaults, at the UNESCO World Heritage Tower of London.