Announcing a new series – “W Bro. Tony Harvey’s Online Masonic Talks”

I have been so encouraged by the enthusiasm for my recent online talk, “Top tips for a new Freemason”, for which 240 brethren booked, that I have decided to launch a new series of monthly Masonic talks, live and online.

The new series will be called “W Bro. Tony Harvey’s Online Masonic Talks”. It will be hosted and produced by the Byron Club, the Light Blues Club for the Province of Nottinghamshire.

Since the easing of Covid-19 restrictions I have once again been delivering talks face-to-face for Lodges, Light Blues Clubs and other events. But there is clearly still an appetite for online talks, which bring together diverse brethren from different Masonic jurisdictions and all timezones.

The new series will be run on dates in the second half of every month, excluding December. I will vary days of the week, but each will start at 19.00 UK time.

Talks will be open to members of Lodges recognised by either United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE), the Order of Women Freemasons (OWF) or Freemasonry for Women / the Honourable Fraternity of Ancient Freemasons (FFW/HFAF). On occasions I may extend the eligibility to those who are not Freemasons, such as for talks aimed at those who wish to learn about the Craft.

I will continue to use the Eventbrite booking system and am looking at ways to make it easier to join a Zoom call.

I will also be raising money for my charity fund.  All proceeds will be divided between The Masonic Charitable Foundation (see https://mcf.org.uk) and The Scout Association’s Heritage Fund (see www.scouts.org.uk and heritage.scouts.org.uk).  

You can make a donation to this fund via https://gtap.uk/e8001.   When asked for “Name of the Lodge/Chapter” please enter “2012 Prestonian Lecture” and when asked for “Number of the Lodge/Chapter to be credited” please enter “E8001”.  

Thank you to all who have made a donation before, and especially to those who have done so in response to last evening’s talk.

The next talk will be “Seven habits of highly successful Lodges” on Friday, 23rd September at 19.00 BST. The booking link is https://shohsl-230922.eventbrite.co.uk. The meeting link will be sent to all who register 3 hours before the start.

The planned dates are:

• Friday, 23rd September
• Monday, 24th October
• Wednesday, 23rd November
• Tuesday, 24th January
• Friday, 24th February
• Wednesday, 22nd March
• Tuesday, 25th April
• Monday, 22nd May
• Thursday, 29th June
• Thursday, 20th July
• Wednesday, 23rd August

Please reserve these dates in your diary now.

I intend to run an online poll to select the talks for subsequent dates, and details of this will be in a later post.

Incidentally, being a pilot, last night’s talk was not recorded. However, others have been. You can see them on my YouTube channel at, https://YouTube.com/c/wbrotonyharvey.

Thank you once again for your support for me, my talks and my charity fund. I look forward to seeing you over the coming months.