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The Bunker

Bunker Gold: The cult of Guy Fawkes

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6984 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

On this Bonfire night special Bunker Gold, let us take you back to November 2020… Was Guy Fawkes really “the last honest man to enter Parliament”, as we keep hearing on Twitter? Or a fore-runner of today’s religiously radicalised terrorists? Why is a villain of the Gunpowder Plot acclaimed as a hero by some in 2020? Nick Holland, author of The Real Guy Fawkes, tells Jude Rogers why Guy Fawkes persists as a symbol… and what we misunderstand about a man who almost murdered thousands in a 17th century atrocity. “Guy Fawkes is a complicated figure – so both political sides can claim him.” “It’s estimated he’d gathered enough gunpowder to destroy Parliament 25 times over.” Presented by Jude Rogers. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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And what else can we talk about this weekend, but the man he became synonymous with the

1:16.8

gunpowder plot?

1:17.8

Guy Fawkes as Britain's original religious terrorist, yet somehow he has become a hero in certain quarters. This one's in 2020, but it's fair to say it hasn't dated all that much. Here's Jude Rogers, talking to the author of The Real Guy Fawkes, Nick Holland. Hello and welcome back to the bunker daily with me Jude Rogers. We thought we take your mind

1:45.2

off the American election for one day only by revisiting another explosive event from history.

1:50.4

Welcome to the Bonfire Night Edition.

1:53.0

If you can't have a bonfire tonight,

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and not a lot of us can.

1:56.0

We can at least find out more about the man who should be sitting on top of it,

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