All kidding aside, the invention and proliferation of gunpowder had a profound effect ... [William Finucane] didn’t have a digital scale on hand so he made a balance using a wooden ruler ...

In the early hours of the morning, Guy Fawkes — who called himself Guido — was discovered with his pockets filled with matches and harbouring 36 barrels of gunpowder, concealed beneath stacks of ...

The 'Gunpowder Plot' was foiled at the eleventh hour, an event still celebrated annually on 5 November and named for the most famous of the conspirators - Guy Fawkes Night. But who was Guy Fawkes ...

Before Guy Fawkes was caught red-handed, a chain of events all over Europe led to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. This section traces the background to the Gunpowder Plot and describes the development of ...