John McDouall Stuart Freemason and Australia’s greatest inland explorer
The heart of Australia Freemason John McDouall Stuart is considered to be Australia’s greatest inland explorer. Kevin L Gest uncovers his intrepid…
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Peter Lowndes on the Tercentenary, Membership Focus Group and Masonic Charitable Foundation
The Craft and beyond As the Tercentenary and new masonic charity launch approach, Pro Grand Master Peter Lowndes reflects on the work required to…
Three hospices in Huddersfield recieve donations from Freemasons
Three hospices have received thousands of pounds from a Freemasons’ charity.
A Christmas message from the Provincial Grand Master
Dear Brethren, It has been an eventful year and as we embrace the many new initiatives from the United Grand Lodge of England in a more modern approach to…
Pro Grand Master’s address – December 2015
Quarterly Communication 9 December 2015 An address by the MW the Pro Grand Master Peter Lowndes Brethren, I am so pleased to see the excellent…
Report of the Board of General Purposes – 9 December 2015
Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge 9 December 2015 Report of the Board of General Purposes Minutes The Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of…
The origins of Freemasons’ Hall as a memorial to the fallen
Perpetual memorial As Commonwealth nations mark the armistice signed to end the First World War, Diane Clements, Director of the Library and Museum of…
Grand Secretary’s column – Winter 2015
From the Grand Secretary On behalf of the members of the United Grand Lodge of England, a message of congratulations was sent to the Grand…
Report of the Board of General Purposes – 9 September 2015
Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge 9 September 2015 Report of the Board of General Purposes Board of General Purposes Meetings 2016 The Board of…
Royal Arch – Beginnings in Cornwall
For speculative Freemasons, times have always been a-changin’, and the erection of the Premier Grand Lodge by ‘Four Old Lodges’ in 1717 was itself a novelty. When, in 1722 the Grand Master, the Duke of Wharton, laid down the procedure for constituting a new Lodge, this was almost revolutionary.