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Voices: Remember, remember? We mustn’t forget 5 November

COMMENT: Thanks to the increasing cost of putting on a public display, 5 November is fast becoming ‘No-Fireworks Night’ – but there’s a good reason why we musn’t let our civil festivals of sparklers and effigy-burning be overshadowed by Halloween, says Clair Woodward

The Independent UK

Street Artists Say Graffiti on Abandoned L.A. High-Rises Is Disruptive, Divisive Art

Shepard Fairey calls the tagging of empty luxury towers a “poetic reuse of a failed space.”

Capital & Main

France deploys crisis cell to deal with fallout of major cyberattack

Cyberattacks of "unprecedented intensity" that targeted several French government institutions have been contained, the prime minister's office said Monday evening. The incident raises security concerns just months before Paris is to host the Olympic Games.

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French State Hit By 'Intense' Cyberattack: PM's Office

Cyberattacks of "unprecedented intensity" have targeted several French government institutions just months before the Paris Olympics but have been contained, the prime minister's office said Monday.

International Business Times

London's local hero: meet antique shop owner of 60 years Keith Fawkes

Meet Guy Fawkes’ descendant - the man who has owned his antique shop on Hampstead’s Flask Walk for nearly 60 years

Evening Standard

Gunpowder, treason and plot – take our Guy Fawkes quiz

How much do you remember from your history lessons about Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot?

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Fireworks are ‘loud, annoying, and repetitious’ say Independent readers as Bonfire Night approaches

Have your say: While most agreed that individuals should be banned from buying fireworks not everyone felt Bonfire Night celebrations should be reined in

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Who was Guy Fawkes and how did he die? We have all the answers for curious kids

Want to know why we celebrate Bonfire Night every year on November 5th? It's all down to one infamous Guy Fawkes...

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Why do we celebrate Bonfire Night? The history behind the tradition

Bonfire Night takes place on November 5 every year - and many want to know the origins of the celebration

GoodToKnow

Fireworks in London 2024: The capital’s best Bonfire Night celebrations

From dazzling displays to brilliant bonfires, Mike Daw on how to enjoy an explosively good Guy Fawkes night

Evening Standard

‘We live in a complicated country’: David Olusoga on the UK’s contested union, then and now

The historian’s new TV series, Union, exposes the contradictions and conflicting identities that have beset the United Kingdom from its earliest alliances to our present divisions

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Farewell Jamie Reid, punk visionary who captured the spirit of generation

Jamie Reid, who has just died at the age of 76, was as important to London as Big Ben or Guy Fawkes. As influential as Martin Amis or John Betjeman. His work was as iconic as any London portrait by Monet, Pissarro or Canaletto. This Croydon-born boy was a colossal…

Evening Standard

Loved Oppenheimer? The 5 movies you should stream next

Oppenheimer has been a massive hit with both audiences and critics, but what should you watch afterwards?

London commuters baffled as Gunpowder Plot conspirators ride the tube

A group of reenactors of the 1605 event took to the London Underground this morning - to highlight the fact that over a quarter of Brits lack knowledge of the historical plot

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Daily Mirror

One in six Brits believe the Gunpowder Plot is a fictional story, research finds

A group of reenactors of the 1605 event took to the London Underground this morning, leaving commuters baffled as they rode towards Westminster

The Guardian - UK

Guardian readers who are in it for life

Brief letters: Dedicated readers | Chasing Woof | Guy Fawkes’ honesty | A republican boost | Hung up on Handel

The Guardian - UK

‘Oi, Camilla! Where are your Rothmans?’ My day as a royal footman

What’s it like to share a carriage with Charles and Camilla? Still waiting for my invitation to the coronation, I grabbed a ride with a pair of lookalikes – and even made it into Buckingham Palace

Daily Mirror

Drunk groom threatened to burn cabin crew 'like Guy Fawkes' in horror flight rampage

During the eight-hour flight, Mohammed Razaq also pinched a crew member's bottom leaving her terrified

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Suspected terrorist who praised Guy Fawkes for trying to blow up Parliament dies

Benjamin Hyland, from Leeds, was found hanged in prison two days after appearing in court charged with a string of offences including having explosives and a firearm

The Guardian - UK

The winner is … Qatar: curtain comes down on Project Hard Football Power

It was costly, carbon-heavy, bloodstained and corruption-shadowed but this micromanaged power play couldn’t have gone much better for the hosts

Newcastle Herald

The harder the climb, the better the view

Topics: A cracking view, an evening in a Hanoi hotel, Guy Fawkes and the blood moon.

The Guardian - UK

Guy Fawkes review – a gunpowder plot that sparks but doesn’t catch fire

Despite some witty twists, the stage version of David Reed’s tragi-comic radio play is, well, a bit of a damp squib

Daily Mirror

'No need to burn Tory effigies on Bonfire night - just stick them in the jungle'

While I disagree with almost everything Liz Truss stands for, I don’t think we should be burning her image - and there’s more than one way to roast a discredited Tory politician after all...

The Independent UK

Why is Bonfire Night celebrated? How Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder Plot backfired

Thwarted bid to blow up House of Lords made 17th century Britain even less tolerant

Evening Standard

There’s something wrong with this Guy Fawkes night

At last! The year’s best festival is back with a bang. Or is that a whimper? Because from where I’m sitting it sounds distinctly like a whimper.

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