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HISTORICAL FACTS: Guy fawkes - The Untold Story

20 Years Later, An Iconic Dystopian Thriller Remains Tragically Timely

Two decades later, 'V for Vendetta' is a much sadder movie than it might have been originally.

Inverse

100 years on, T.S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men is a poem for our populist moment

In 1927, at 38 years of age, the expatriated American poet T.S. Eliot was baptised and confirmed in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. The celebrated author of The Waste Land (1922) – that literary paragon of abject nihilism – had pivoted away from the liberal, philosophical underpinnings of his upbringing and education,…

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40 Years Later, HBO Is Rebooting An Iconic Dystopian Thriller

'V for Vendetta' is getting a series-length adaptation on HBO, and it could go dark.

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Grab your Guy Fawkes mask, because ‘V for Vendetta’ might be getting adapted again

Remember, remember...

The Mary Sue

Giant effigy of embattled PM Keir Starmer is set alight at Edenbridge bonfire celebrations

The 36-foot high effigy was torched as thousands gathered for the annual event in the town of Edenbridge on Saturday night

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer effigy unveiled in Edenbridge which includes Guy Fawkes digital ID

The not-for-profit organisation has been "poking fun at infamous celebrities" for over 30 years

Evening Standard

Jeremy Clarkson denies burning effigy of Donald Trump

Some social media users were outraged as Trump was crowned the 47th president of the US

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Lewes Bonfire Night parade included effigies of Nigel Farage and Paula Vennells

The tradition hasn’t stopped since its introduction in 1795

Evening Standard

Arson arrest over ‘firebomb’ thrown at Parliament on Guy Fawkes Night

Incident came amid Bonfire Night disorder across UK

Evening Standard

Streets packed for annual Lewes bonfire parade

The first recorded event was in 1795.

Evening Standard

Guy Fawkes’ punishment was one of the most severe in English history – here’s what happens when a body is hung, drawn and quartered

After their infamous plot to destroy parliament was foiled, Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators received one of the most severe judicial sentences in English history: hanging, drawing and quartering. According to the Treason Act 1351, this punishment involved:

The Conversation

Remember, remember, the fifth of November, when a bad guy tried to blow up a political system

A dastardly plot is afoot to burn it all down by any means necessary. Sound familiar, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Remember, remember? We mustn’t forget 5 November

COMMENT: Thanks to the increasing cost of putting on a public display, 5 November is fast becoming ‘No-Fireworks Night’ – but there’s a good reason why we musn’t let our civil festivals of sparklers and effigy-burning be overshadowed by Halloween, says Clair Woodward

The Independent UK

OPINION - Halloween right now is a fake feast — the old Irish version was far better than our Americanised nightmare

The trouble with Halloween isn’t just, as Rachel Johnson points out today, that it’s the occasion for large scale larceny by the young and conspicuous ghoul-related consumption by adults on an indecent scale; it’s also a loathsome revenant of its former self. I grew up with Halloween in its old…

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Street Artists Say Graffiti on Abandoned L.A. High-Rises Is Disruptive, Divisive Art

Shepard Fairey calls the tagging of empty luxury towers a “poetic reuse of a failed space.”

Radio France Internationale

France deploys crisis cell to deal with fallout of major cyberattack

Cyberattacks of "unprecedented intensity" that targeted several French government institutions have been contained, the prime minister's office said Monday evening. The incident raises security concerns just months before Paris is to host the Olympic Games.

International Business Times

French State Hit By 'Intense' Cyberattack: PM's Office

Cyberattacks of "unprecedented intensity" have targeted several French government institutions just months before the Paris Olympics but have been contained, the prime minister's office said Monday.

Evening Standard

London's local hero: meet antique shop owner of 60 years Keith Fawkes

Meet Guy Fawkes’ descendant - the man who has owned his antique shop on Hampstead’s Flask Walk for nearly 60 years

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Gunpowder, treason and plot – take our Guy Fawkes quiz

How much do you remember from your history lessons about Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot?

The Independent UK

Voices: Fireworks are ‘loud, annoying, and repetitious’ say Independent readers as Bonfire Night approaches

Have your say: While most agreed that individuals should be banned from buying fireworks not everyone felt Bonfire Night celebrations should be reined in

GoodToKnow

Who was Guy Fawkes and how did he die? We have all the answers for curious kids

Want to know why we celebrate Bonfire Night every year on November 5th? It's all down to one infamous Guy Fawkes...

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Why do we celebrate Bonfire Night? The history behind the tradition

Bonfire Night takes place on November 5 every year - and many want to know the origins of the celebration

Evening Standard

Fireworks in London 2025: The capital’s best Bonfire Night celebrations

From dazzling displays to brilliant bonfires, Mike Daw on how to enjoy an explosively good Guy Fawkes night

The Guardian - UK

‘We live in a complicated country’: David Olusoga on the UK’s contested union, then and now

The historian’s new TV series, Union, exposes the contradictions and conflicting identities that have beset the United Kingdom from its earliest alliances to our present divisions

Evening Standard

OPINION - Farewell Jamie Reid, punk visionary who captured the spirit of generation

Jamie Reid, who has just died at the age of 76, was as important to London as Big Ben or Guy Fawkes. As influential as Martin Amis or John Betjeman. His work was as iconic as any London portrait by Monet, Pissarro or Canaletto. This Croydon-born boy was a colossal…

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