Vannevar Bush – The Internet and Researching Freemasonry
Vannevar Bush (1890-1974) is considered by many to be the godfather of the internet. He was never directly involved in its development, but in a…
Freemason is termed a Fellowcraft after having passed to the Second Degree.
When the ‘Operative Mason’ came to the end of his Apprenticeship, and his record was good and had proved his proficiency under test, he was formally…
Freemasons Tontine and the first Freemasons Hall Built in the 1770s
One of the more unusual collections within the Grand Lodge archives relates to the Freemasons’ Tontine which was one of the ways in which funds were…
Freemasons & Gentlemen
Are Freemasons, our societies answer to the question, Who are the 21st Century Gentleman?, Freemasonry is built on the foundations of a traditional…
Preparation, Practice and Performance & Masonic Speech Making
One of the most satisfying and enjoyable experiences for the active and enthusiastic Freemason is to have taken part, as Master of his Lodge, in one of…
So what is the meaning, and the purpose behind the hoodwink?
Despite the ritual, only a very ill-informed man can imagine that the hoodwink is for the purpose of concealing the Lodge room and the Brethren from the…
The Geneva Bible Cum Prievegio and The Lodge of Affability No 317
You never know what you may find in a Lodge locker, and but for the decision to amalgamate two Lodges, a unique find may have gone undiscovered for many…
Whittlesey Freemasons raise £1,750 for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices
St Andrew Whittlesey Masonic Benevolent Association presented a cheque to the hospice, which cares for children and young people with life-threatening…
FAMOUS FREEMASONS – Dr Thomas John Barnardo
Dr Thomas John Barnardo (1845–1905), nicknamed ‘The Doctor’, was a leading reformer of the 19th century on a par with Sir Robert Peel, Elizabeth Fry…
Young Men are becoming Freemasons, as our University Schemes Flourish
The minimum age for initiation is generally regarded as ‘the full age of 21 years’. The trouble with generalisations such as these is that, generally,…