Fireworks over Battersea Power Station, London

Remember, remember. Bonfire Night

Happy Bonfire Night, or Guy Fawkes Night, from London's iconic Battersea Power Station, which has towered over the Thames since the 1930s. Fireworks will be seen and heard across London and the UK tonight and over the weekend, to mark the anniversary of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. The infamous bid to blow up the Houses of Parliament was foiled when Guy Fawkes was caught in the cellars, trying to light the fuse to hidden barrels of gunpowder. His name has since become synonymous with the plot, and his effigy has traditionally been burned to mark the date.

The huge brick building on our homepage, not far down the Thames from Parliament, was a coal-fired power station designed by architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. It operated between 1933 and 1983, and at its peak, it generated a fifth of London's electricity. These days, the Grade II-listed building been reborn as a shopping and leisure complex, but its striking silhouette remains an eye-catching feature of London's skyline.