Wishing my British friends and their families a memorable, entertaining Guy Fawkes Day & Bonfire/Fireworks Night❣️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔥🎇🎆

#guyfawkesday #guyfawkesnight #bonefirenight #fireworksnight #gunpowdertreasonday #gunpowderplot #5thofnovember #fifthofnovember

Fireworks at the Ryogoku Bridge, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858.

Available to buy as a print in our shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/fireworks-at-the-ryogoku-bridge-2/ #bonfirenight #FireworksNight #fireworks

“Remember, remember
The fifth of November
The gunpowder treason and plot.
I know of no reason
Why the gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot...” #rememberrememberthe5thofnovember #guyfawkes #gunpowdertreasonday #fireworksnight #vforvendetta
"Picturing Pyrotechnics" — @simon_werrett on how artists through the ages have responded to the challenge of representing firework displays: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/picturing-pyrotechnics #bonfirenight #FireworksNight #fireworks

Remember remember the 5th of November, the gunpowder treason and plot! I see of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot!

#guyfawkes #november5th #fireworksnight

Celebrating Guy Fawkes Night in the UK with a veggie twist! 🎆🥕 Warm up by the bonfire with roasted corn on the cob, baked potatoes, and grilled veggie skewers. A tasty and wholesome way to enjoy the sparks! 🔥🌽🥔 #BonfireNight #FireworksNight #VeggieFeast #HealthyCelebrations

The Ferret Fact Service

Disturbances during fireworks night in Scotland led to significant coverage in the media this week.

There were a number of incidents where emergency services were injured as festivities turned into confrontations with police.

But reporting by the BBC and Edinburgh Evening News led to controversy, as pictures used to illustrate the events were called into question.

https://theferret.scot/media-coverage-of-fireworks-night-misleading/

#FireworksNight #Scotland #MediaFailure #MediaLies

Fireworks night: Why was some media coverage misleading?

Ferret Fact Service looks at controversy around the the use of misleading photographs in stories about fireworks night in Scotland.

The Ferret
It appears to still be #fireworksnight here today #UK #GuyFawkes

Today is the day we remember an important lesson from history:

Do not leave a himbo in charge of the explosives when planning a revolution.

#5thOfNovember #RememberRemember #FireworksNight #Silly

GUY FAWKES night

This report from the Wakefield Journal & Examiner from the 9th November 1866 shows the wild behaviour that occured in the Bull Ring & Cross Square in the centre of Wakefield on Guy Fawkes night
#guyfawkes
#fireworksnight