Maureen then takes us back through time to introduce one of her ancestors, a rat living in London in 1605 at the time of The Gunpowder Plot. Pupils will learn that The Plot was a consequence of ...

Pupils will also learn how the events of 1605 are still commemorated each year on 5 November - Bonfire Night. Consolidate pupils' learning about The Gunpowder Plot with these three catchy songs ...

She said working on the programme, The Gunpowder Plot, allowed her to see the events "through 21st Century eyes". The events of 1605 had taken place in a time of "religion, extremism and violence ...

​Casting is complete for a newly-written play about the Peebles witches of 1629.​ Local woman and former English and Drama ...

Spy used pen nibs dipped in lemon to write invisible messages to his counterparts. He relayed his secrets in between lines of ...

Burn after reading.” For German agent Karl Muller, that advice would have really helped. Muller, a spy who masqueraded as a Russian shipbroker and ...

A woman has discovered a secret room in her grade two-listed house - and has since learnt about its terrifying history ...

Invisible ink made from orange juice was a key part of the infamous 1605 Gunpowder Plot, when a handful of English Roman Catholics, angered by religious persecution, conspired to kill King James I ...

Work halted in 1605, when his son was executed after the Gunpowder Plot. The half-built lodge and the garden have been ...

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 city. But many said the move was a case of “adding fuel to the ...

THE 400th anniversary of the death of one of Scotland and Britain’s most important kings took place on Thursday and hardly anybody noticed.