During my recent visits to Kosovo and Albania, I had the honour to be invited to visit the Halveti, Saadi and Bektashi Tekke’s and to meet the various Masters. This led to some research and the writing and subsequent publication … Continue reading →
I’ve visited Kosovo and Albania a good number of times over the last few years, where I’ve had some Albanian language editions of some of my books published, notably A Quick Guide to Freemasonry, which was published in 2020 and … Continue reading →
A look inside the new edition of Richard Carlile’s Manual of Freemasonry, with foreword by Dr David Harrison, published by Masonica in 2021. The high degrees presented in The Manual of Freemasonry were discussed at length in my book Rediscovered … Continue reading →
This is a look into the very first edition of the Scriptorium Journal, published in Bucharest in Romania. An excellent journal revealing a high standard of Masonic research and including a great collection of peer reviewed papers and reviews. The … Continue reading →
A look at my book Rediscovered Rituals of English Freemasonry, the second book in the Lost Rites series. The book explores the early nineteenth century English radical Richard Carlile and his expose, which became known as The Manual of Freemasonry. … Continue reading →
In 2013, I was commissioned by publisher Lewis Masonic to put together a question and answer book especially for lodge mentors and new members, and this book became A Quick Guide to Freemasonry, and incidentally it became my first foreign … Continue reading →
The book A Journey through Freemasonry is my first collection of Masonic essays, papers and articles, published in December 2019. The book includes articles on Lord Byron and his involvement in the Carbonari, the Hell Fire Club, Liverpool’s Williamson Tunnels … Continue reading →
Between the years 2013 – 2018, I taught a local history group in Anfield, in Liverpool, named the Rawdon History Group, the group being named after local industrialist and philanthropist Christopher Rawdon. As part of a history project with the … Continue reading →
I recently had published my second collection of Masonic essays, entitled Masonic Mosaic, published by Spanish Masonic publisher Masonica. The book brings together a number of my previously published Masonic articles, which examine topics such as Masonic writers and novelists, … Continue reading →
I’ve given a good few interviews over the years during the promotion of my books, mainly to Masonic magazines and platforms on social media by Masonic promoters. Occasionally however, there are opportunities for interviews in the local or national press, … Continue reading →
