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Freemasonry Today, the official journal of the United Grand Lodge of England, will soon be featuring book, theatre, exhibition, cinema, music and other cultural reviews – and we're looking to build a pool of reviewers…
David Pratt a special guest at the consecration of a new lodge in Madeira with a unique history
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
David Pratt, Provincial Grand Master of Yorkshire, West Riding, was a special guest at the consecration of the Britannic Lodge of Madeira No. 134 under the Grand Lodge of Portugal (Legal) The consecration was held…
Over 50 children with disability inspired at junior sports event supported by Middlesex Freemasons
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Wheelchair sports charity WheelPower partnered with the Middlesex Masonic Sports Association to deliver a ‘Feel Inspired’ junior disability sports event for 12 to 18-year-olds in Uxbridge on 7 June 2018 The event was a great…
Assistant Grand Master a special guest to witness triple second degree ceremony in Durham
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
The university lodge, the Lodge of Fraternity No. 1418, welcomed Assistant Grand Master Sir David Wootton and Provincial Grand Master of Durham Eric Heaviside as guests to witness a triple second degree ceremony on 24th May 2018…
Blue-sky thinkers Displaying gavels and a collecting box made from the propeller of a fighter plane, the Library and Museum commemorates the wartime contribution of Ad Astra Lodge’s members In 1918, the importance of the…
How a Derbyshire initiative offering prostate screenings in masonic halls is raising awareness
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Ripple effect Mason Barry Oakley explains why the Province of Derbyshire is offering prostate screenings in masonic halls – just one initiative being undertaken around the country to raise cancer awareness Already the most common…
Graham Ives reflects on his time as Lincolnshire Provincial Grand Master and Grand Superintendent
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Changing of the guard Graham Ives reflects on 10 years of teamwork free from preaching and dictating as he prepares to step down as Lincolnshire’s Provincial Grand Master and Grand Superintendent In the middle of…
It all started when? Four historians ask whether the first Grand Lodge was formed in 1717
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
On 15 February 2018, more than 200 guests gathered in London’s Freemasons’ Hall to hear four speakers at a symposium hosted by Quatuor Coronati Lodge, No. 2076, called ‘1717 & All That’. Questioning the accuracy of historical records…
How Freemason Bruce Graham Clarke disrupted Japanese communications abroad a midget submarine in 1945
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Miniature manoeuvres Freemason Bruce Graham Clarke’s military career saw him serving on a midget submarine in 1945, wading through thick mud in a bid to cut vital telegraph cables running under Hong Kong harbour In 1944,…
The Ladies Night of Elvetham Lodge No. 4013 in Hampshire helped to raise £5,750 for Diabetes UK and the Ark Centre Cancer Charity The lodge's Worshipful Master Warren Snook, together with his wife Lisa, hosted…
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Leicestershire and Rutland Freemasons have generously donated nearly £61,000 to 26 charities supporting local communities in many areas including health-related charities. The charities all gathered at an event at Freemasons’ Hall in Leicester to receive…
With Castle Point Lodge No. 9122 in the Province of Essex following a tradition of allowing new members to participate in ritual presentation at the earliest stage, Alan Anthony, as the lodge’s then Director of…
Devonshire's Provincial Grand Master becomes giant amongst Freemasons at model village
Friday, 08 June 2018
The Provincial Grand Master of Devonshire Ian Kingsbury paid a visit to the United Grand Lodge of England, but bizarrely he didn’t have to go all the way to London Simon Wills, General Manager of Babbacombe…
Sara Rothwell the first winner of the Royal College of Organists' Freemasons' Prize
Friday, 08 June 2018
Sara Rothwell has become the first winner of the Royal College of Organists’ Freemasons’ Prize Sara came up from Fishguard in south-west Wales to play on the Grand Temple organ at Freemasons' Hall, where she…
