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Tonight is #BonfireNight, an event that puzzles many readers from outside the UK. What is this festival of anarchy and why do the Brits keep doing it?
Let me try to explain...
Let me try to explain...
Guy Fawkes Night is a traditional re-enactment of naked sectarianism, domestic terrorism, licensed beggary, arson, anarchy and disrespect. It's all very quaint and happens each year on the 5th of November - #BonfireNight!
BonfireNight 'celebrates' the disruption of an attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605; a time in British history when everyone hated everyone else due to religion, nationalism and politics that would culminate 40 years later in a massive civil war. Like you do...
Tonight is #BonfireNight, an event that puzzles many readers from outside the UK. What is this festival of anarchy and why do the Brits keep doing it?
Let me try to explain...
Let me try to explain...
Guy Fawkes Night is a traditional re-enactment of naked sectarianism, domestic terrorism, licensed beggary, arson, anarchy and disrespect. It's all very quaint and happens each year on the 5th of November - #BonfireNight!
#BonfireNight 'celebrates' the disruption of an attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605; a time in British history when everyone hated everyone else due to religion, nationalism and politics that would culminate 40 years later in a massive civil war. Like you do...
💯 reasons to visit Westminster Abbey
1/100, Britain’s Oldest Door
The door in our cloisters was constructed in the 1050s. It’s made from wood felled around 1032, making it almost a thousand years old and the only surviving Anglo Saxon door in England: westminster-abbey.org/about-the-abbe…
1/100, Britain’s Oldest Door
The door in our cloisters was constructed in the 1050s. It’s made from wood felled around 1032, making it almost a thousand years old and the only surviving Anglo Saxon door in England: westminster-abbey.org/about-the-abbe…
💯 reasons to visit Westminster Abbey
2/100, tomb of Elizabeth I
Next time you visit us, don’t miss the magnificent tomb in the Lady Chapel. Elizabeth was crowned in the Abbey in 1559 and reigned for 45 years. She’s buried with her half-sister, Mary I
westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemor…
2/100, tomb of Elizabeth I
Next time you visit us, don’t miss the magnificent tomb in the Lady Chapel. Elizabeth was crowned in the Abbey in 1559 and reigned for 45 years. She’s buried with her half-sister, Mary I
westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemor…
💯 reasons to visit Westminster Abbey
3/100, Robert Devereux memorial
Devereux had a lot of bad luck...
- His father was executed by Elizabeth I
- His wife tried to poison him
– His effigy and hearse were vandalised before his funeral
Find out more: westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemor…
3/100, Robert Devereux memorial
Devereux had a lot of bad luck...
- His father was executed by Elizabeth I
- His wife tried to poison him
– His effigy and hearse were vandalised before his funeral
Find out more: westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemor…
Tonight is #BonfireNight2020, an event that puzzles many readers from outside the UK. What is this festival of anarchy and why do the Brits keep doing it?
Let me try to explain...
Let me try to explain...
Guy Fawkes Night is a traditional re-enactment of naked sectarianism, domestic terrorism, anarchy, patriarchy, licensed beggary, arson and disrespect. It's all very quaint and happens each year on the 5th of November - #BonfireNight!
#BonfireNight 'celebrates' the disruption of an attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605; a time in British history when everyone hated everyone else due to religion, nationalism and politics that would culminate 40 years later in a massive civil war. Like you do...
Are you a fan of #BonfireNight #fireworks?🎆
For many people #fireworks are exciting, but for others they’re a nuisance or even bad for their health.
If you feel this way, you’re not alone: petitions on the UK Parliament website expressing concern about fireworks have been signed over 750,000 times 📋
If you feel this way, you’re not alone: petitions on the UK Parliament website expressing concern about fireworks have been signed over 750,000 times 📋
This huge interest meant the @HoCpetitions Committee launched an inquiry. It’s made up of 11 backbench MPs from Government and Opposition parties.
It looks at e-petitions submitted on petition.parliament.uk and paper petitions.
It looks at e-petitions submitted on petition.parliament.uk and paper petitions.
🔥 #RememberRemember
The Gunpowder Plot was an attempt by Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators to blow up the @UKHouseofLords during the State Opening of Parliament in 1605.
Read on to find out why his scheme still will 'never be forgot' ⤵️
The Gunpowder Plot was an attempt by Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators to blow up the @UKHouseofLords during the State Opening of Parliament in 1605.
Read on to find out why his scheme still will 'never be forgot' ⤵️
Fawkes and his group plotted to kill King James I, MPs, and members of the House of Lords as they gathered for the State Opening of Parliament. #StateOpening still brings together all three parts of the @UKParliament at the beginning of the parliamentary year.
Now, in case of any present-day Fawkes, the Yeomen of the Guard still search the cellars underneath the House of Lords every State Opening before the monarch arrives. #BonfireNight 🔥
”Remember, remember, the fifth of November”. It’s #BonfireNight in the UK tonight 🎇🎆. But @mjflepage argues we need to ban the sale of all fireworks to the public right now. Why would he say such a thing? 👇 newscientist.com/article/222208… #GuyFawkesNight
In England alone, more than 4000 people – half of them under 18 – were treated at accident and emergency departments for fireworks injuries in 2017 gov.scot/publications/f…
These injuries, typically to the hands, face and eyes, can be life-changing – such as the loss of fingers and sight newscientist.com/article/mg1361…
