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Thursday 23 February 2012
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Educational voyage

With a proud tradition stretching back almost 200 years, HMS Trincomalee is on the crest of a new learning wave, as Euan Houstoun, a descendant of a past captain, explainsIt would be an enormous task…

City stories

Take a minute to look up from the pavement in the City of London and you will find historic gems that reveal a great deal about the founding of Freemasonry. Yasha Beresiner is your guideHello…

Road Craft

Is it possible to belong to a gang of leather-clad bikers and stay true to the principles of Freemasonry? Adrian Foster summons up the courage to meet with the Widows Sons on their own turf…

Built to Rock

When Freemasons’ Hall hosted the launch party for West End musical Rock of Ages, Anneke Hak slipped past the celebrities to find out what goes on behind the scenesJeremy Clarkson schmoozes with paparazzi on the…

Back to basics

Anthony Sayer may have been chosen as the first Grand Master of Grand Lodge in 1717, but little is known about his life. Steven Smith questions why, and wonders whether historians have deliberately ignored himLittle…

Historical millstones

Director of Special Projects John Hamill wonders if resources spent on maintaining masonic buildings would be better used elsewhereRecently I was accused of betraying my principles as a historian and supporter of the preservation of…

ON TARGET WITH A NEW ACQUISITION

The Library and Museum of Freemasonry welcomes a pistol for the first time into its collectionThe collections in the Library and Museum at 60 Great Queen Street have been accumulated over nearly two hundred years…

Tracing New Zealand’s Masonic Roots

Roger Marjoribanks looks to his family tree to follow the masonic life of Stewart Marjoribanks and his role in the creation of New Zealand as we know it todayIn New Zealand, many of Wellington’s citizens…

On the record

Mark Dennis, curator of the Library and Museum of Freemasonry at Freemasons’ Hall, explains to Luke Turton why his job is all about challenging assumptionsWhy did you join the Library and Museum of Freemasonry?I answered…

19th-CENTURY SKYSCRAPING

The Library and Museum of Freemasonry salutes the Craft's tallest building, in an exhibition that explores the role of this fraternal organisation in America's history   The Masonic Temple in Chicago was, for a brief…

A PROVINCE ALL OF ITS OWN

In the heart of Bristol, Freemasons' Hall library and museum houses a treasure trove of artefacts that point to the city's unique masonic history, as Yasha Beresiner discovers   Bristol holds a unique status in…

GREAT WOMEN AT WAR

Ann Pilcher Dayton profiles two strong-willed women who challenged the social mores of the day in order to help others during World War I and honour the principles of Freemasonry   At the outbreak of…

PERFECT MATCH

As the Rugby World Cup returns to New Zealand after 24 years, Patrick Kidd traces the origins of the game to see why it sits so well with the values of FreemasonryThe Maori chieftain threw…

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