Author: Laura Dewis

Guy Fawkes: Why do we celebrate?

Updated Thursday, 4th November 2010
To celebrate Guy Fawkes night, we explore all things that go bang and dip into some of the history.

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Fireworks by Italy at the 2012 Celebration of Light festival, Vancouver.

The explosive part

  • Challenge: Make Fireworks

    The team of scientists who took the Rough Science trip to Carriacou were asked to create explosions in the sky

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The history part

  • Breaking the seal: Opening The Domesday Book

    Perhaps the most famous census ever, the Domesday Inquest was more than just a single book...

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  • Tremors - James VI / I and the Union of Crowns

    James Stuart moved two nations closer together through the Union of the Crowns

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