Seven bonfire societies each produces an effigy, which typically reflect current affairs, and are later burned in fields outside Lewes - along with a traditional Guy Fawkes. Past effigies have ...

In Lewes, notorious for its riotous celebrations, four bonfire societies began to ... Enthusiastic children would create a Guy Fawkes effigy which they carried around asking for ‘a penny for ...

Bonfire night is celebrated across ... The society burns a 'Guy' - named after gunpowder plotter Guy Fawkes - every year. A second effigy of a celebrity who is currently making headlines is ...

The 11-metre effigy will be set alight on November 5th to commemorate the attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. For the past 22 years, the Edenbridge Bonfire Society ...

On 5 November every year, the effigy of Guy Fawkes is still burned on bonfires across England in recognition of his part in the failed 'Gunpowder Plot' of 1605. Fawkes didn't devise or lead the ...

“But surely Guy Fawkes is thrown on the bonfire all over the UK every year and this is never considered inappropriate?” DukeofE also backed the light hearted nature of the PM effigy. They ...

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The country celebrates this by lighting fireworks and, in a morbid twist, burning an effigy of poor Guy. It's easy to forget that this celebration has rather grim roots. Guy Fawkes was part of a ...

Bonfire Night - also known as Guy Fawkes Night or Fireworks Night - is an annual celebration that takes place in the UK on November 5. Fireworks are let off across the country and bonfires are lit ...

Humorous trio The Penny Dreadfuls take a break from all things Victorian this Bonfire Night to examine the life of Guy Fawkes, his failed attempt to blow up Parliament and his subsequent interrogation ...

As the UK marks Bonfire Night, one woman describes how ... Over 400 years ago, on 5 November 1605, Guy Fawkes was arrested while guarding explosives that he and his fellow Gunpowder Plotters ...