On DevonLive's recent visit to Barnstaple's Loyal Lodge Masonic Hall reporter Joe Bulmer sat down with Devon's top freemason Ian Kingsbury to talk secret handshakes and everyday life as a mason. The ...

Think of Freemasons, and dollars to doughnuts the fez comes to mind. But what about false beards, turbans, helmets and chain mail? Worn in secret “degree” ceremonies and once seen only by initiates, ...

To many, Freemasonry remains a shadowy private world, ruled by bizarre initiations, favours and secret handshakes. Its strange iconography – rituals are conducted beneath the compass and the ...

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