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How Guy Fawkes, Figurehead of the Gunpowder Plot, Avoided the Full Horrors of Execution by Hanging, Drawing and Quartering
The Catholic conspirator jumped or fell from the gallows on this day in 1606, breaking his neck before the executioner could ...
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Guy Fawkes: Why do bonfires still burn 400 years on?
He wears the mask both as a form of protest and to protect his identity. David Lloyd created the original mask image. "The Guy Fawkes mask has now become a common brand and a convenient placard to ...
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Hong Kong 'protest' cake disqualified from UK competition
It featured protest symbols including umbrellas and a Guy Fawkes mask. The company behind the cake told the BBC it believed it was pulled after complaints from Chinese competitors. But the ...
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Why movie 'V for Vendetta' has become part of the Hong Kong protests
When the Hong Kong government announced a ban on wearing masks on October 4, they said it was to quell the wave of protests in the ... Many chose to wear the Guy Fawkes mask from the 2005 film ...
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Angel statue 'alternative to angry protests'
carrying a Guy Fawkes-style mask and making the American sign language sign for "I love you". The artist said it was "something a bit more peaceful" than "violent protests". The sculpture depicts ...
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Hong Kong protests: Halloween costumes set to test the city’s mask ban
Why has V for Vendetta, and its famous Guy Fawkes mask, become so popular in Hong ... Confused by some of the legal terms used to talk about the protests? We’ve got you Meanwhile, Ocean Park ...