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Written version of the talk delivered to the Burlington Lodge on the 250th anniversary celebrations on Tuesday 05 December 2006. (I am indebted to Richard Sandbach, whose article in AQC 102 is my main source for this brief post) WM, Distinguished Brethren & Brethren, It is a great honour to be invited actively, so to [...] Read more »
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Of the 14 Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas only one has allusions to Freemasonry, an amusing parody in the opening act to The Grand Duke, first [...] more »
The designation of Archbishop of Canterbury is an ancient office tracing its origins to St Augustine in 597AD. He is the head of the Church of En[...] more »
Transcript of the lecture first delivered on the occasion of the 250th Anniversary Meeting of the Enoch Lodge No XI UGLE WM, R W Pro Grand Master[...] more »
Written version of the talk delivered to the Burlington Lodge on the 250th anniversary celebrations on Tuesday 05 December 2006. (I am indebted t[...] more »
There are great freemasons and there are great men who were freemasons. Winston Spencer-Churchill belonged to the latter category. As Freemasons[...] more »
Sir Malcolm Campbell and his son Donald will forever be venerated as world famous speed record holders. They shared those characteristics manifes[...] more »
The Very Reverend Sir Israel Brodie, KBE., BA., BLitt., (1895-1975) Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregation of the British Commonwealth of [...] more »
David Garrick (1717-1779). - born in Hereford, England of Huguenot descent Garrick came to London in the 1730s accompanying his friend Samuel J[...] more »
There are many questions in the long history of Freemasonry which perturb scholars and to which there really are no definite answers. For instanc[...] more »
INTRODUCTION Dr Thomas John Barnardo (1845-1905), nicknamed ‘The Doctor’, is recognized as a leading reformer of the 19th century on a par wi[...] more »
The name of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is synonymous with Sherlock Holmes. Yet during Sir Arthur’s long and distinguished life his interests, and h[...] more »
Sold at the Sotheby London auction in December 1983. Contemporary report by Yasha Beresiner. I have no hesitation at all in my mind as to the mos[...] more »
Playing cards have been around for centuries. The earliest report, in Florence at the end of the 14th Century, is an edict banning their use bec[...] more »
Illustrated talk presented at the International Playing Card Convention (IPCS) London September 1995, by Yasha Beresiner The Worshipful Company [...] more »
Report by Yasha Beresiner on the visit to the Museo ‘Fournier’ de Naipes de Alava by delegates to the IPCS and Asescoin Annual Conven[...] more »