Promoting the Fraternity across the World
On an even keel Just off Cornwall’s south coast, Freemason Roy Newport takes retired military personnel out on the open water to help them adjust to life in the ‘normal’ world. Imogen Beecroft finds out how sailing can treat the injuries you cannot see ‘There is no “normal” after Afghanistan. You come back a different person.’ Roy Newport … Read more
On October 2nd 1954, the Lodge of Prudence No. 1550 in Plymouth Initiated a young man named James Thomas Borthwick. On October 2nd 2014, at the regular meeting of the Constitutional Lodge No. 294 in Beverley, East Yorkshire, Jim celebrated sixty years membership of freemasonry. At the meeting he was presented with his 60 year … Read more
The welfare estate When Augustus John Smith signed a lease to run the Isles of Scilly, he created an infrastructure that would transform living conditions for the poor. Richard Larn OBE charts the life of this enthusiastic Freemason and philanthropist While the Victorian era produced countless well-educated young men from wealthy British families, Augustus John Smith stood out. … Read more
