SAIRA KHAN:I LOVE this book. It's called The Firework Maker's Daughter and it's all about a girl called Lila. Now Lila has always dreamed of being a firework-maker. Just like her father.

As the best and most respected fireworks-maker in England, he took charge of all royal displays. Shakespeare refers to fireworks in a number of his plays, suggesting that they were widely used by ...

A firework's breaks may also contain sound charges, which result in the cracking bangs and thunderous booms that thrill audiences. To make these loud explosions, which are usually accompanied by a ...