A recent paper by Andrew Prescott and Susan Sommers has suggested that the London based Premier Grand Lodge actually began in 1721 rather than 1717. I’ve not read the complete paper but I believe it has been quite thorough in … Continue reading →
My latest work The Lost Rites and Rituals of Freemasonry will be finally published by Lewis Masonic in late August/early September. The research for the book has been fascinating and has opened up a new interest for me in the … Continue reading →
It has been a year since my biography was published on the lost Liverpool nineteenth century philanthropist Christopher Rawdon and to celebrate, the Rawdon history group invited Timothy Rawdon-Mogg, a descendant of Christopher’s brother Joshua, to visit some of the … Continue reading →
The Calderstones, currently to be found at Calderstones Park in the suburbs of Liverpool, are displayed like a stone circle; a collection of six sandstone Neolithic stones, marked with modern graffiti and much older carvings. They do indeed offer a … Continue reading →
Jens Rusch is a German based artist and Freemason whose surrealism and Masonic expressionism blend to form a unique artistic style. I wrote an article on his life and work in the US Masonic Journal last year, and when I … Continue reading →
Col Ford was having a break from putting his show together for Friday night. As a DJ for Warrington Radio he now does three shows; a Tuesday afternoon chat show and Friday and Saturday nights, dance music on the Friday … 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 →
The Masonic influences on education run deep in certain towns and cities, such as Warrington in England for example, where, during the nineteenth century, certain Freemasons were involved in founding the local Museum and Library, the School of Art, the … 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 →
Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076 is the premier research lodge in the world and includes some of the leading Masonic academics as its members. So it was a great honour to have presented a paper to the lodge, which meets in a … Continue reading →
