Remember, remember, the fifth of November! Have we forgotten the true meaning behind Guy Fawkes festivities?
Remember, remember, the fifth of November! Have we forgotten the true meaning behind Guy Fawkes festivities?
Guy Fawkes was famously hanged, drawn and quartered with other surviving Catholic traitors opposite Westminster. Hundreds of lives were saved and the date remembered ever since, but do we know the true story of the celebrations?
On November 5 every year, millions of British families and friends flock to firework displays in parks and recreation grounds. We attend crackling bonfires, eat sugary red toffee apples (that stick to our teeth), and write names with hand-held sparklers in the cold autumnal air. Familiar? Or perhaps many of us have forgotten the history surrounding one of the most celebrated annual events in the calendar. The reason o...






