I’ve been invited to some excellent lodges this year to give talks, and the Shakespeare & Equity Lodge No. 1018 was no exception. I presented my paper on the Lost Rites and Rituals of Freemasonry in the famed Egyptian Temple … Continue reading →
Vale Chapter No. 5256 meets only twice a year in differing locations in the West Lancashire Province, sometimes in Carnforth, sometimes in Barrow-in-Furness, and I was honoured to have given a talk on their May meeting again, this time in … Continue reading →
Cornerstone Lodge No. 4369 is a Cheshire based lodge meeting at Neston Masonic Hall and I had the honour of giving a talk to the lodge on Saturday 21st April on the origins of Freemasonry. The talk was also open … Continue reading →
I was honoured to be able to attend a very special event on Friday; a tercentenary celebration held by Minerva Lodge on behalf of the Cheshire Province at the Masonic Temple at Clifton Road, Birkenhead. I was also a keynote … Continue reading →
I had the pleasure to give a talk on 300 years of Freemasonry at the Welsh Installed Masters Lodge No. 9857, which was held at Elwy Hall in Rhyl, North Wales. The lodge, which was founded in 2010, meets in … Continue reading →
I recently had the pleasure to be the English Lecture Speaker at the renowned Ars Macionica Lodge which meets at the Regular Grand Lodge of Belgium in Brussels. The Lodge publishes their annual Transactions and includes many papers in a … Continue reading →
Vale Chapter No. 5256 meets in differing locations in the West Lancashire Province, sometimes in Carnforth, sometimes in Barrow-in-Furness, and I was honoured to have given a talk on their May meeting in Carnforth on the York Grand Lodge. Carnforth … Continue reading →
I was honoured to be asked to present a talk on the York Grand Lodge at Criterion Chapter of Installed First Principals which meets at the Masonic Hall at Hoyle Court in Otley near Shipley in West Yorkshire. Hoyle Court … Continue reading →
There’s nothing like Merseyside hospitality, and this was proved after I gave two lodge talks over the weekend; the first to Dormer Lodge No. 6708 at Birkenhead Masonic Hall on Friday evening and Excelsior Lodge No. 3580 in Garston Masonic … Continue reading →
Richard Carlile was an English radical of the early nineteenth century, an advocate of free speech and a free press, and a supporter of Thomas Paine. He is more famous for his paper The Republican, and his reporting of the … Continue reading →
