All over the U.K. tonight, people are celebrating Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Bonfire Night. Typically, hoards of Londoners take to the street to celebrate, though officials hope a lockdown due to ...

Anyone who is familiar with British political history, or has simply watched too much V for Vendetta, knows Guy Fawkes. The man apprehended with a massive stockpile of gunpowder beneath the House of ...

Five things you should know about the English folk hero Guy Fawkes before donning a mask to join the Occupy Wall Street movement or celebrate Guy Fawkes Day. * As part of the Gunpowder Plot, Guy ...

Every year on November 5, skies across England, Scotland and Wales are illuminated by fireworks as Brits head out into the night to enjoy Guy Fawkes Night celebrations. Also called Fireworks Night or ...

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: April 13th, 1570, 444 years ago . . . the generally accepted birth date of the English conspirator Guy Fawkes. Fawkes served for a time in the army of ...

Four hundred and eight years ago, a Catholic plot to blow up the British Houses of Lords and with it the King of England failed completely. Although a non-event, the attempted bombing had a huge ...

All around the world, protesters wear Guy Fawkes masks to conceal their identity in service of a cause. By Sara Barrett As Britain celebrated Guy Fawkes Night on Monday, a video showed a group burning ...

The English, among other talents, are adept at nurturing their grudges. How else does one explain the enduring enmity toward Guy Fawkes, a conspirator in a plot to blow up Parliament in 1605? Some ...