![]() Luckily for the king, he was caught in the nick of time and marched off to the Tower of London to be, er, questioned. Well, that and “Richard of York gave battle in vain”, which doesn’t really count now that I think of it.Īsk any child in year 8 around this time of year and they’ll tell you that bonfire night commemorates the date that Guy Fawkes – an aggrieved Catholic intent on overthrowing the anti-Catholic James I – was caught under the houses of parliament holding a lit match atop a mountain of gunpowder, practicing his best ‘wasn’t me, guv!’ expression. “Remember, remember, the 5th November: gunpowder, treason and plot” is about the only thing people recall from key stage 3 history lessons.
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