My humblest apologies to readers on the other side of the duckpond, the title comes from “cricket” the only game that shares its name with an insect, the only game that takes mealbreaks, the only game that can be played for 5 days straight and still not...

At the end of the meeting of PGMs and the « Grand Council » held in Nice last Friday, Ephesse declared via his legal eagle, Balloo the Legal Bear, that he will not stand for a second term of office. And Balloo added that the designation of the new candidate...

Things aren’t getting any better for Ephesse. Scotland has definitively withdrawn Recognition of the GLNF with immediate effect. The Grand Secretary of the UGLE has communicated with all the PGMs and WMs informing them of the Grand Lodge’s intention of...

A few days ago LML in English came out of the starting blocks before the gun. Nevertheless, the news we announced is now confirmed. The three Home Grand Lodges held their annual tripartite meeting in Dublin last week and obviously the catastrophic and...

Brethren wherever you are, please accept my humblest apologies for the erroneous report that the three home Grand Lodges had withdrawn recognition of the GLNF. I had received the information from two independent sources in England and Scotland, both normally...

A close reading of Grand Master Alain Juillet’s speech at the GL-AMF consecration on April 28 th , the joint communiqué by the 5 European Grand Lodges withdrawing Recognition of the GLNF and the positive reply from the GLdF to the 5 Grand Lodges set the...

Friday’s meeting of PGM’s and “dignitaries” at Pisan where Ephesse was to emerge with a number of knives hanging out of his back turned out to be a resounding victory for the little fuhrer. The coalition of unlikely bedpartners disappeared with barely...

Today, Miss Monique’s favourite judge, Patrice Kurz (where’s Maître Dumaine-Martin, the third leg of the milking stool ?) brought down an ordinance prolonging her position as administrator of the GLNF for another six months until February 15 th , 2013....

It’s no secret and LML in English is certainly not claiming a « scoop ». The rumours have been doing the rounds for at least a fortnight. Discreet phone calls, small groups gathered in discreet corners of the Pisan bunker, people passing each other in...

At the consecration of the GM-AMF on April 28 th the Grand Treasurer presented the budget for 2012 plus figures for 2013. Prudently he based his calculations on a membership figure of 8000 at the end of 2012 and 13000 twelve months later. As he spoke...