Despite what you've seen depicted in popular culture involving strange symbols, mysterious rituals, and men clothed in curious regalia, the Freemasons are not a secret organization, says Guy Olsson, a member of the Cloverdale Masonic Lodge, which has ...

Is Prime Minister Julia Gillard a “bogan” or a “badass”? Is Opposition Leader Tony Abbott a “liar” or a “legend”? Those are just some of questions Australia wants answers to, according to Google's auto-complete function. I searched for 25 prominent ...

THE Fowey Lodge of Freemasons were delighted to be able to present a large cheque to the Fowey branch of the RNLI on Saturday, March 23. The presentation took place at the Fowey lifeboat station as a part of the Freemasons' annual charitable giving to ...

Air ambulance services which cover the North East and Yorkshire are to share £20,000 from the Freemasons' Grand Charity. Yorkshire Air Ambulance has been awarded £8,000 and Great North Air Ambulance, which covers North Yorkshire, Cumbria and the ...

Since the Freemasons became a regular support of air ambulance charities in 2007, they have donated £1.3 million to the 22 air ambulance which cover England and Wales. Laura Chapman, chief executive of The Freemasons' Grand Charity, said: "We are ...

Laura Chapman, chief executive of The Freemasons' Grand Charity, said: "We are delighted to be able to show our support for air ambulance charities once again with a donation of £192,000. "Supporting these rescue services remains popular within ...

"Supporting these rescue services remains popular within Freemasonry because of the important work they carry out in communities across the country. We hope that the £1.3 million that has been donated since 2007 has made a valuable contribution and ...

Laura Chapman, chief executive of The Freemasons' Grand Charity, said: "We are delighted to be able to show our support for air ambulance charities once again with a donation of £192,000. "Supporting these rescue services remains popular within ...

Symbolism is, in fact, a substantial characteristic of this 19th-century home that was originally built for spool cotton baron and Freemason Lucious A. Barbour. He lived in Hartford and ran the Willimantic Linen Company, but as a member of the secret ...

Freemason is short for “free and accepted Mason,” a name acquired as a result of Freemasonry's successful fight for political and religious freedoms; to conceal Freemasonry's involvement in fomenting revolutions, secular history refers to Freemasons as ...