Bonfire night we find ourselves at a party with both bonfire and performance — not to mention Bertie’s cake with a sugar-printed image of the King and Guy Fawkes. The bonfire itself held a rather different but familiar figure. It is a strange ritual, as many noted yesterday. James may have survived but his son got the chop. Inequality breeds anger, which can be denied or misdirected only for so long before it must be addressed, as this week showed us. Click to embiggen any image.

Yes, my failure to photograph the fireworks is sad.