Swedenborgian Rite
By Bro. R. A. Gilbert [14 September 1995] SWEDENBORG: THE MAN AND HIS WORK One thing is certain: Swedenborg himself had nothing to do with it — neither…
Britain
Commemorating the Chernobyl Disaster.
Service of Commemoration for the 30th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster. Guests in the Quire at Canterbury Cathedral Daniel John from Union Lodge No…
Millennial masonry: How those in their twenties and thirties are changing the Craft
Crucially, and blessedly, Millennials are becoming masons Those under thirty constitute at present only two per cent of British masons. This may seem…
Chapter idiosyncrasies within Liverpool
A celebratory meeting was hosted by Chapter of Friendship No 241 to mark the progress of the Liverpool Group of Royal Arch Chapter’s over the last…
Colour printer for Huyton Sea Cadets
A chance comment from a work colleague prompted Ken Baxter to spring into action. Ken, a member of Yachtman’s Lodge No 3698 meeting at Woolton Golf…
Masters and first principals’ charity event
Southport Group Masters and First Principals’ Festival was this year honoured by the presence of Peter Taylor, Provincial Grand Secretary. The hall…
THE MASON’S MALLET
The Freemason is taught in the course of the First Degree that the Mallet is an important instrument of labour without which no work of manual skill can…
Robert Henderson-Bland: actor, soldier, poet and Freemason
Command performance Robert Henderson-Bland was an actor, soldier, poet and Freemason. Director of the Library and Museum of Freemasonry Diane…
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington and Freemason
The eventful life of Arthur, Duke of Wellington, was evenly apportioned between a triumphant military career and an equally successful political one. His…
The Freemason prisoners of war at Ruhleben Camp during WWI
On 18 December 1914 an extraordinary document arrived at Freemasons’ Hall in London addressed to Sir Edward Letchworth, the Grand Secretary. It began: ‘We, the undersigned brethren, at present interned with other British civilians at the concentration camp at Ruhleben, Spandau, Germany, send hearty good wishes to the Grand Master, officers and brethren in Great Britain, hoping that we may have the pleasure soon of greeting them personally.’