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December 2011
From the Editor
Photographic Credits
The Masonic Times of King George VI
Anthony Hopewell - ‘in every age monarchs themselves have been promoters of the Art…’ None more so than King George VI
“Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments”
Tony Barstow - King George VI and The King’s Speech - the Masonic connection
Michael Edward Herbert
Steve Chadburn - One of a series of Caricatures of leading Freemasons
Contents of the magazine... Read More
The Holy Royal Arch: Ghosts of the Past; Gremlins of the Present; Hopes for the Future
Roeinton Khambatta - The origins of The Royal Arch Masonry are examined
St Edmund’s Church, Falinge, Rochdale: An Appreciation
John Buckley - Winner of the 2011 East Lancashire Short Papers Competition
Dan Leno
Dan Leno - The story of the Victorian Comic Genius by his great-grandson
‘I know where you’ve been!’
Marcus Woodhouse - Ever thought of becoming a Founder of a Lodge?
One of my other interests is…
David Ashbolt - Cats and their welfare is just one of the other interests of one of our most senior Masons
From plain to reflecting the light: watermarking ribbon
How watermarked ribbon is made for use in Masonic regalia
Lodge Copernicus No. 246 (South Australia) – a case of back to the future
John Belton - In South Australia the keen Mason is able to become a Craft, Royal Arch and Mark Mason all in one Lodge
Walter Parratt – Organist - Master of the Queen’s Music and Freemason
Fred Lomax - A look at the life of the founder of modern English organ-playing
Freemasonry, Occultists and the Victorian Search for Hidden Knowledge
David Harrison - Freemasonry seemed to attract a number of influential occultists and magicians during the Victorian period, including: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Edward Waite, Frederick Bligh Bond, Aleister Crowley and Rider Haggard
Charity begins with Freemasons
Andrew Ross - long time London Mason, charity chief executive and volunteer Chairman of Lifelites Management Committee, discusses Freemasonry and the importance of charity
Your Masonic Questions Answered Extra
The Queen and the Craft
Terrence Haunch - Why is the toast ‘The Queen and the Craft’?
A Sussex Surprise
Thomas Webb - The article is a direct result of the author finding a copy of The History of Freemasonry in Sussex in a pile of books destined for pulping
Letters to the Editor
Ashlar Chippings
Hugh O’Neill - Snippets of Masonic miscellanea
Some‘Lost’ Symbols of English Craft Masonry
Fred Lomax - One of a Series of 5 Minute Talks
Square End Piece
Some amusing Masonic bits and pieces
The 2011 City of London Lodge of Installed MastersAnnual Interview
Yasha Beresiner - Yasha Beresiner interviews Robert L. D. Cooper, Curator of the Grand Lodge of Scotland Museum and Library
Opinion : Under No Less a Penalty
Peter Panic - The disappearance and loss of the Penalty from our degrees is re-visited
Brother Brother’s Journal
Michael Halleran - The Great Detective – The recollections of a nineteenth-century American gentleman of the Craft
The Square Debate:
Freemasonry does not deal in spirituality
The address by the Deputy Grand Master, Jonathan Spence, at Grand Lodge in September has started a fundamental debate regarding the place of spirituality in Freemasonry
The Foundations of Freemasonry
John Paternoster - The Ladder of our Tracing Board symbolises the mystical essence of that tradition which has its roots so many thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, Chaldea, Babylon and Atlantis
A soft answer that turns away anger
Julian Rees - The Bible contains some real gold, real nuggets worth re-discovering, examining and experiencing
Your Masonic Questions Answered
Graham Redman - Some interesting questions on Masonic procedure and protocol answered by the acknowledged expert in the field
Point of View: First Impressions
Pat Streams - A visit to a lodge fails to impress Pat Streams
Learning from the Old and the New
John Acaster - To learn is to grow. Learning ritual has always been an important part of English Freemasonry. The learning and widening of Masonic knowledge and reflecting upon it, has not
The QC Column
Gordon Davie - News from the premier lodge of Research
Book Reviews
John Belton On Holy Ground: The Honorable Order of American Co-Masonry
Julian Rees Observing the Craft - the Pursuit of Excellence in Masonic Labour and Observance
Square Humour - Cannon's Corner
The funny side of Freemasonry
Masonic Philately and The Isle of Man
Maurice Beazley - The 125th Anniversary of Freemasonry in the Isle of Man is celebrated in stamps
Sprig of Acaia
Jack Price, Provincial Grand Master for East Lancashire, is remembered
Leicester Lodge of Research
David Sharpe - News from the Leicester Lodge of Research
Monitor
News and Forthcoming Events
