So, this is the world of my ancestor’s story – the story of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. A plot is a secret plan. Here, look – shhhh! These men are plotters. They think nobody can hear.

The 'Gunpowder Plot' was foiled at the eleventh hour, an event still celebrated annually on 5 November and named for the most famous of the conspirators - Guy Fawkes Night. But who was Guy Fawkes ...

The circumstantial evidence for this is competing Catesby insisted on carrying on with the plot even after it was blown on October 26th (one of the 12 conspirators was a Judas) the gunpowder ...

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A SHOCKING docu-drama shows Guy Fawkes was merely a minor player in a wider plot to assassinate King James I. Conspirators planned to blow up Parliament at its opening on Novem-ber 5, 1605, re ...

Explosive new evidence has revealed that if Guy Fawkes had succeeded with his gunpowder plot he would have devastated much of central London as well as blowing the palace of Westminster sky-high.

But they received no support and news of the failed plot raced ahead of them. While replenishing their arms supplies, some gunpowder caught fire and the three were badly injured. Catesby was ...

But it is worth digging into the details. The recent series Gunpowder (BBC – now on Netflix) went some way to telling the true story of the plot. The real ringleader was Robert Catesby.

Xand Van Tulleken and historian Tracy Borman uncover the real story behind one of the most infamous episodes in British history, the Gunpowder Plot. Xand Van Tulleken and Tracy Borman explore the ...

A house associated with the Gunpowder Plot was splendidly enlarged by Lutyens and is now enjoying a new lease of life as a modern family home, as John Goodall explains. With photography by Paul ...

A historical mansion once used as a hiding place for some of those behind the Gunpowder Plot is set to be added to the national "at-risk" register. Holbeche House in Kingswinford, Dudley ...