An historic house owned by the parents of one of the Gunpowder plotters and slept in by Oliver Cromwell is up for sale. The Ducks Nest is one of the oldest properties in the historic market town of ...

In 1605, a group of British Catholics, including Guy Fawkes and Robert Catesby, devised a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament. They hoped to wipe out the anti-Catholic political establishment and ...

The BBC are to air a new drama called Gunpowder this Saturday night, starring Game of Thrones hero, Kit Harrington. The three-part show is a dramatisation of the infamous gunpowder plot to kill King ...

In 1605, a group of disaffected Catholics plotted to assassinate King James I by blowing up the House of Lords. They hoped to restore Protestant England to Catholicism and end the persecution of their ...

On 5 November 1605, a group of ten activists attempted one of the biggest acts of extremism in British history. One of these men was the now infamous Guy Fawkes, who was tasked with guarding the 36 ...

Remember, remember the fifth of November. Nov. 5 marks the anniversary of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot to blow up English Parliament and assassinate King James I. If successful, it would have been one of ...

Who was Anne Vaux and how was she involved in the Gunpowder Plot? Anne Vaux was born in 1562 to parents William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden and his first wife, Elizabeth. She is looked back on ...

IN his tall hat and well-groomed whiskers, Guy Fawkes does not fit our image of a terrorist. Yet the man who was discovered hiding underneath the House of Lords with 36 barrels of gunpowder on ...

While Game Of Thrones ended its 7th season on Sunday night, Kit Harington fans won’t have to wait too long to see him in action again. BBC One has released first-look images and a teaser (see below) ...

"Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot; for there is a reason why gunpowder and treason should ne'er be forgot." That is how the children's nursery rhyme goes that marks ...

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Cecil shows James the Letter about the Gunpowder Plot. Cecil takes his intelligence letter about the Gunpowder Plot to King James I directly. He knows that James will only get involved with the ...