In early November, when Britain’s cold, dark evenings really draw in, families and friends leave their warm, cosy homes and head out into the gloomy night to commemorate ‘Guy Fawkes Night’ or ‘Bonfire Night’. They make their way to parks and other communal spaces, where they huddle around huge bonfires to mark an infamous event that took place more than 400 years ago—the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot. I enjoyed re-evaluating its significance recently for All About History magazine. … More British History – The Gunpowder Plot