Freemasonry has long had a relationship to the politics of both left and right. Bourgeois revolutionaries in France and America and modern mainstream politicians have all been members, as were some ...

The silence in the room is interrupted by knocks on the wooden door and piped music. Everyone in the room stands up. The doors open and three elderly men clad in black suites, bowties and white gloves ...

They are best known for secret handshakes, embroidered aprons and the dire penalties reputed to be inflicted on those who break their oath of secrecy. But today’s Freemasons insist that tattletales ...