That photographer shouldn't be standing that close to that fire.
But be that as it may, if you see a huge bonfire tonight it may be somebody celebrating Guy Fawkes Day.
Fawkes was a member of a Catholic English group that plotted to blow up the House of Lords while the Protestant King James I was inside and replace him with a Catholic head of state.
Unfortunately for Fawkes he was arrested while guarding a cache of explosives, tortured and executed.
The burning of effigies of Guy Fawkes on the night of November 5th has been going on ever since.
The original incident occurred in 1605.
Which proves one thing: the English have long memories.
(If you're interested you can read more here.)
