Grand Secretary’s column – Summer 2014
From the Grand Secretary Many readers will know of the Royal Arch 2013 Bicentenary Appeal for the Royal College of Surgeons. The…
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HRH The Duke of Kent on the importance recruitment and retention
Good examples HRH The Duke of Kent explains why recruitment and retention should be your responsibility, whatever your rank Whether you…
Grand Master’s address – April 2014
Craft Annual Investiture 30 April 2014 An address by the MW The Grand Master HRH The Duke of Kent, KG Brethren, I want to start by saying…
Spreading the Wings of Freemasonry
It is with a degree of envy that I listen to and read the exploits of those Freemasons who belong to an Association that supports, encourages and shares…
The Official History of Freemasonry – Part 5
In the later part of the eighteenth century the two main Grand lodges of England, the “Moderns” and the “Antients” Grand lodges, began to collaborate and…
Freemasonry in the occupied Channel Islands during World War II
On British soil With Freemasonry banned in Germany, Jersey’s Past Provincial Grand Master David Rosser explains what the Nazi occupation of the…
Freemasonry’s survival during World War I – John Hamill
In the line of fire Director of Special Projects John Hamill explains how, unlike its successor, World War I saw Freemasonry tolerated, if not encouraged,…
Hackett men’s fashion show at Freemasons’ Hall
Gentlemen on the move In January 2013, Freemasons’ Hall hosted its first menswear fashion show for heritage label Hackett. Miranda Thompson…
Conservation work funded by the Association of Independent Museums
Message from madras Among the more unusual items in the archives of Grand Lodge is a fragile letter written in Persian, attached to an illuminated…
Grand Master celebrates 50 years in the Craft at Royal Alpha Lodge
In good company Royal Alpha Lodge celebrated the Grand Master’s fifty years in the Craft at an historic occasion in Freemasons’ Hall…