FREEMASONRY APPROACHES ITS FINEST HOUR
Guy Roberts of the MCF reports It is no surprise that the arrival of Covid-19 has caused as much disruption to Freemasonry as it has to every other aspect of British society. Halls are closed and meetings are suspended, while Brethren are communicating with each other online, with varying degrees of expertise. But just as doctors and nurses […]
The Metropolitan Grand Lodge of London GUIDE TO SETTING UP AND USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
This article is part of the Arena Magazine, Issue 41 July 2020 edition. Arena Magazine is the official magazine of the London Freemasons – Metropolitan Grand Lodge and Metropolitan Grand Chapter of London. Read more articles in the Arena Issue 41. READ ARENA HERE
THE KENT CLUB UPDATE
An update from the Chairman, W Bro Dudley Price PAGDC My article for the Spring edition of Arena was earlier in the year and “pre Covid-19″. I wrote about plans for the ensuing Spring and Summer and urged you to look at The Kent Club’s website at www.londonfreemasons.club to ensure you did not miss out. Well, all that changed towards the […]
R W Bro Rex Thorne EULOGY
W Bro Robert Corp-Reader OBE PDepGSwdBremembers his great chum. We are gathered here today to say goodbye to one of life’s real gentlemen, Rex Francis Thorne. We are a small congregation today due to the pandemic. Rex’s wife Sophie, her daughter and husband Natalie and Phil, grandchildren Sandy and Shane. The service is being streamed […]
London Freemasons grant provides entertainment to the elderly in RMBI home
By W Bro Frederico Pesoa At the end of last year, residents of the Prince George Duke of Kent Court, a Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution home in Chislehurst, were surprised by the arrival of a giant gadget. (Left to right: Betty Connor, 99, Joan Mailing, 99 and David Andrews, 81) What may have initially looked like […]
London Freemasonry supports the Vocaleyes Charity
W Bro John Little SLGR reports Work of the VocalEyes charity in enabling the blind or partially sighted to experience theatre performances has been further supported with a grant of £5,000 from London Freemasons. Established in 1998, VocalEyes uses Audio Description (known as AD) to help theatre venues and producers meet the needs of blind and […]
Write here write now!: London Freemasons support pioneering work at the Polka Theatre
London Freemasons are backing a pioneering effort to support those in need. Your contributions have enabled a £5,000 donation to go to the Polka Theatre in South London. The group is based in leafy Wimbledon and fund-raiser Helen Hughes says: “SW19 is a relatively wealthy area and yet there is distinct disadvantage in East Merton that […]
R W Bro Rex Thorne Past Metropolitan Grand Master 1927 to 2020
W Bro Peter Walker SLGR remembers Rex Francis Thorne was born on 6th June 1927 in Lewisham, the son of Albert Frank Thorne and his wife Constance (née Francis). His father was a telephone engineer working for Siemens, one of the big five British telephone manufacturers at that time. Rex grew up in south-east London […]
London Freemasons Charity supports the Pathways Through Dementia Charity
W Bro Andrea Gabrielli reports I joined the Arena team just before the ‘Masonic call-off’ and my first assignment was a real blessing in disguise. With this life-changing pandemic keeping us physically apart, we switched from personal to virtual contact, having to run this interview through one of the new ‘e- platforms’ we are now all […]
Grove Park Lodge No 2824 gets stuck in
Bro Dean Gale explains the Lodge’s various contributions Grove Park Kent Lodge No 2824 has been highly active in the fight against Coronavirus in a variety of different ways. Bro Chris Reynolds has been working on the front line in his new job as emergency ambulance crew, dealing with numerous Covid cases. Chris, a retired London fireman […]
A Younger Mason Speaks – Bro Luke Levine discusses his journey into Freemasonry
I joined Freemasonry being initiated into the Lodge of Fraternal Unity No 7330 in February of this year. For many people, this was surprising; I’m young so I had no reason to be interested in joining, I’m not influential or wealthy and I’m transgender. This last part was what some people found particularly perplexing. I was […]
Why Should I Visit a Livery Lodge?
Around a fifth of the City of London’s 110 Livery Companies have a masonic Lodge. The Livery Companies comprise London’s ancient and modern trade associations and guilds, almost all of which are styled the “Worshipful Company of…” followed by their respective craft, trade or profession. Most Livery Companies maintain their original trade, craft or professional […]