Wednesday 5 March at 7:00pm – this talk will be recorded
Remember, Remember the 5th of November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot I can think of no rhyme and no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot… The talk takes the audience through the plot, following its twists and turns as the conspirators attempt to blow up Parliament.
We then examine the evidence and ask the question was the government complicit in the plot for reasons of its own, could the plot have succeeded, and what could its consequences have been.
Speaker information – Gareth Howell
I have regularly appeared on BBC Radio Nottingham as an historical adviser, most notably as the military historian when the National Armed Forces Day was hosted at Nottingham. I have also spoken on BBC Notts on topics as diverse as Richard 3rd, the tanks, the home guard and the Easter Rising (for which I also appeared on a programme with BBC Ulster).
I also acted as a Politics advisor, covering the resignation of Boris Johnson and the first Truss vs Sunak debate.
I am also a regular guest speaker for Abingdon Museum in Oxfordshire, the British Biomedical Institute, Buxton Museum and various Rotary clubs.
I have done some TV work for BBC Ulster and for Channel 4. I have appeared as a History speaker for the veterans program for Nottingham Forest and Gloucester Rugby. In my day job I teach History in a Secondary school, am Special Chief Inspector for Nottinghamshire police, and work as a historical advisor for a computer game company.