Remember, remember, the fifth of November… but gunpowder plots aside, why do we love a good fire? David Barnett looks at our fascination with burning old furniture, unwanted belongings and effigies
, held in a municipal park. There was a huge, expertly engineered tipi of wood, which burst into life at the appointed time through the judicious use of accelerants. It was carefully cordoned off, to keep the onlookers at a safe distance., which appeared as if from nowhere, or somewhere distant, exploding with military precision in the black November sky, their almost mathematical spirals and showers burning onto our eyes.
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