David Barton

Dec 3, 2024 | maldon.nub.news | David Barton

As part of Children's Mental Health Week, running from February 3 to February 9, 2025, Essex Freemasons have partnered with local charity 'Get Started Art' to make a meaningful contribution to young people's well-being. Together, the groups are distributing 50,000 art therapy colouring books across the UK, aiming to bring a splash of colour and creativity to children in need.

Dec 2, 2024 | thurrock.nub.news | David Barton

AS part of Children's Mental Health Week, running from February 3 to February 9, 2025, Essex Freemasons have partnered with Thurrock-based charity Get Started Art to make a meaningful contribution to young people's well-being. Together, they are distributing 50,000 art therapy colouring books across the UK, aiming to bring a splash of colour and creativity to children in need.

Nov 10, 2024 | quadrant.org.au | David Barton |Ross Fitzgerald |John O’Sullivan |Michael Connor

he ABC’s once admired Back Roads  has taken another deep […]Nov 11 20244 minsPeter O’Brien argues powerfully in Villain or Victim? that only one substantive criticism can be made of the Governor-General, that being his failure 'to warn Whitlam he risked dismissal and that this failure encouraged Whitlam to remain obdurate'. Of the ever-expanding books on events leading up to November 11, 1975, this one is a keeperNov 11 20248 minsPolls tells us most people in the West support Israel.

Nov 4, 2024 | thurrock.nub.news | David Barton

RESIDENTS have come together in Stifford Clays to support the community, and local Sea Scouts by restoring and upgrading a remembrance Garden in Blackthorne Park. It will be used for the first time at a service or Reemembrance on Sunday (10 November), featuring local Sea Scouts. A spokesperson for the group said: "We have self-funded the entire project, to redesign and rebuilt a small area in Blackthorne Park.

Sep 16, 2024 | thurrock.nub.news | David Barton

THURROCK may not be the first name that springs to mind when you think Caribbean, but the Essex Freemasons of Henry de Gray Lodge who meet at the Cross Keys Masonic Centre in Chadwell St Mary, changed all that with a Caribbean Beach themed party that will live long in the memory.