Guy Fawkes Mask London

Anti capitalist protesters wearing guy fawkes masks take part in the million masks march in parliament square in london on november 5 2014 photograph.

Guy fawkes mask london. Check back nearer the time to get up to date info on the 20 19 bonfire night screens in london. In the past few decades however guy fawkes has received a new lease of life in the form of the guy fawkes mask worn by the main character of the graphic novel v for vendetta. Image copyright afp getty images. A couple of hundred protesters most wearing guy fawkes masks obstructed parliament square in central london as a member of an international demonstration identified as the million mask march.

The mask depicting the historic figure worn by many of the demonstrators became a symbol of riot and resistance after its use in graphic novels and the film v for vendetta. You are breaking the law a group of four protesters including one wearing a guy fawkes mask were arrested by police officers near the gates of charing cross. Getty a post on the heart of london business alliance s website reads. Set in a dystopic 1984 style future v is a mysterious man in a mask that sparks a popular insurrection that brings down the fascist authoritarian government.

Illustrator david lloyd stylised a smiling face with red cheeks a wide moustache upturned at both ends and a thin vertical pointed. Demonstrators don guy fawkes masks for the annual event. Trailed by a large number of officers from both the city of london and metropolitan police forces protesters were repeatedly told to go home with one officer shouting at a group. The guy fawkes mask is a stylised depiction of guy fawkes the best known member of the gunpowder plot an attempt to blow up the house of lords in london on 5 november 1605.

Anti capitalist protesters wearing guy fawkes masks remove police barrickades during the million masks march in parliament square in london on november 5 2014. Steve foster 36 who travelled from liverpool for the event. Guy fawkes was a member of a group of provincial english catholics behind a failed attempt to blow up the house of lords in 1605 known as the gunpowder plot. Image caption million mask march activists took to the streets of london wearing guy fawkes masks.