Guy Fawkes

Every Guy Fawkes night of my English childhood, we burned someone. A fake person, a dummy, a scarecrow, a guy, a Guy. We made him out of our fathers' old clothes, or our own, or our elder brothers'; we stuffed him with  Guy Fawkes Day meets Doge Follow Boing Boing. Twitter / Facebook / RSS. … Read more

But what exactly is all the fuss about the “5th of November,” and how is Guy Fawkes and Anonymous hacktivists related to the date? First off, November 5 is the day that the Anonymous group has pledged to reveal the real list  Blouberg beach 'a mess' after Guy Fawkes party. 2015-11-06 14:33. Paul Herman, News24. … Read more

How to teach Guy Fawkes. Make sparklers and study the chemistry of fireworks – here's how to get your students excited about gunpowder, treason and plot. Fireworks behind Big Ben. Guy Fawkes' failed plot to blow up the  Cape Town, 6 November 2015 – The day is synonymous with criminal activity and serious fireworks-related injuries. … Read more

a collection of funny bits of advice for your Guy Fawkes night on the 5th of November. a collection of funny bits of advice for your Guy Fawkes night on the 5th of November. Guy Fawkes tried to kill King James I by blowing up the House of Lords on November 5, 1605, during the … Read more

Happy Guy Fawkes Night! This Giant David Cameron & Pig's Head Sculpture Will Be The Weirdest Thing You See All Day. Thursday, November 5, 2015 – 11:37. An enormous model of David Cameron and a pigs head is to be burned this  Guy Fawkes is synonymous with the fifth of November, but there's much more … Read more

"Our goal is to hopefully instate a government that works by the people, for the people," said one protester who, like almost all his companions, wore a Guy Fawkes mask and declined to state his name. Anonymous, a leaderless political organization, has  This evening, millions of people in Great Britain (and some people elsewhere) will … Read more

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Officers have arrested two masked men for disrupting classes at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. According to KU Public Safety, officers received reports of men wearing "Guy Fawkes" masks on campus. In addition to the  The British have long celebrated Guy Fawkes Day on November 5, but now the October … Read more

It was early in the 1600s, in England, when Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators hatched a clandestine plot to blow up England's House of Lords (using gunpowder), assassinate the King, kill the Protestant aristocracy, and  The member alerted the king, and authorities searched the areas near Parliament, eventually discovering a dissident named Guy Fawkes … Read more