The sky lights up every November, with colours of red, blue and purple. And staring up at the firework display, we feel nothing but wonder. Fireworks have captivated us for 2,000 years, but why do we love them?
With firework night on the way, it’s time to celebrate what goes bang, crackle and sparkle in the night sky!
The birth of the bang
Sometime between 600 and 900 AD, Chinese alchemists made a concoction of chemicals resulting in gunpowder. Stuffing the explosive into bamboo shoots, they were thrown onto bonfires creating a big boom
