Guy Fawkes

Will we remember, remember the 5th of November?

November 5, 2024 | By J. Robert Gough, Publisher

I am fascinated by The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and love the Alan Moore comic and movie that followed, “V for Vendetta”. Remember, remember!The fifth of November,The Gunpowder treason and plot;I know of no reasonWhy the Gunpowder treasonShould ever be forgot!Guy Fawkes and his companionsDid the scheme contrive,To blow the King and ParliamentAll up alive.Threescore…

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Remember, remember the 5th of November...

November 5, 2021 | By J. Robert Gough, Publisher

Some people call Guido “Guy” Fawkes a terrorist. Some an anarchist. Some a revolutionary. Some a Catholic freedom fighter. His image has been co-opted by various movements and causes. I’m sure most of them have no idea of what the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 actually was. My friend, William Orr, is British, and when he…

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