Britainology 49: Guy Fawkes Night
Added 2022-11-04 19:27:58 +0000 UTCFor this month's first Britainology, Milo explains the heartwarming autumn tradition of burning effigies of Catholics. Well, sorta. It's our Guy Fawkes Night explainer episode, among many other tangents. Hope you enjoy!
*AUSTRALIA ALERT* We are going to tour Australia in November, and there are tickets available for shows in Sydney: https://musicboozeco.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/3213de46-cef7-49c4-abcb-c9bdf4bcb61f and Canberra: https://au.patronbase.com/_StreetTheatre/Productions/TFLP/Performances
*BRITAINOLOGY ALERT* We’ve added a live show in Melbourne on the 19th of November in which Nate and Milo will present Britainology! Get tickets here: https://tccinc.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/79853
Comments
It’s very much still a thing in New Zealand even though it’s just an excuse to buy fireworks that are otherwise illegal the rest of the year. It’s been very hard to try and explain this to my TESOL students in a way that isn’t “it’s a holiday about killing Catholics that generally distresses animals children, autistic people and people with PTSD.” Also I just remembered that when I was 7 my dad got shot in the head with a firework but he was fine because he was wearing the most stereotypical outback hat and he has British Dad pattern hair loss.
Jen Proctor
2022-11-14 03:53:19 +0000 UTC
