Notts Masonic Ladies Saturday Group – 20th Anniversary
The Notts. Masonic Ladies Associate Members Saturday Group have donated a further £2,000 to the Masonic Club, Goldsmith Street Nottingham. The…
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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…
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…
Chelsea Pensioners at unique ceremony in Symphony Lodge No. 4924
A symphony in red The gloom of summer had lifted. Twiddling thumbs on idle hands had now been usefully employed in fastening cufflinks and buttoning…
John Pine – A remarkable 17th century engraver and Freemason
In 1748, the celebrated English artist and Francophobe, William Hogarth, surprisingly decided to take a holiday in France. His behaviour in France was appalling. He was ‘clamorously rude’ to everyone he met. Whenever anybody admired a view, Hogarth sourly remarked: ‘What then? It is but French! Their houses are all gilt and bullshit!’ Waiting in Calais for the boat home, Hogarth made sketches of some old fortifications, and was arrested as a spy.
An address on the Freemasons’ Fund for Surgical Research
Quarterly Communication 10 June 2015 An address on The Freemasons’ Fund for Surgical Research by RW Bro JAH West, PJGW MW Pro Grand Master and…
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Postal address When Freemasons’ Hall welcomed actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Sir Ian McKellen and Tom Hiddleston into the Grand Temple, Jessica…
Diversity and inclusivity has always been fundamental to Freemasonry says John Hamill
The happy means We hear a great deal about diversity and inclusivity these days but, as Director of Special Projects John Hamill explains, they are…
Leicestershire Freemasons to play international rugby match
Five Leicestershire and Rutland Freemasons have been selected to play in an international charity rugby match between English and Scottish Freemasons The…
Pro Grand Master’s address – March 2015
Quarterly Communication 11 March 2015 An address by the MW the Pro Grand Master Peter Lowndes Brethren, the March issue of Freemasonry Today covers…