🎂2⃣🥳 Today is Solomon’s 2nd birthday! Two years ago the Assistant Grand Master, Sir David Wootton, pushed the button and launched our online repository onto the World Wide Web...

We're delighted to announce the next edition of #AsktheRulers! This Thursday, you will have a chance to put your questions to the Assistant Grand Master, Sir David Wootton. Join us at 11am but feel free to start submitting your questions beforehand 📡 #Freemasons

We're ready to go! 🎙️ #AsktheRulers #Freemasons

Q: What's your favourite Festive Board? A: I come from Yorkshire - so Yorkshire pudding as the traditional starter. Then some nice fish like seabass and to finish an interesting and unusual fruit salad 🍎🍊🍒 #AsktheRulers #Freemasons

Q: Rugby or football? A: The only sport is the sport of rowing, one of those sitting down and the only one you do backwards! 🚣 Sir David Wootton #AsktheRulers #Freemasons

Q: What is more enjoyable, being the Lord Mayor of London or Assistant Grand Master? A: Where I am sitting now, clearly Assistant Grand Master! Lots of harmony, common purpose, meeting people I wouldn't otherwise meet & lots of fun too. Sir David Wootton #AsktheRulers #Freemasons

Q: Who are your 3 dream dinner party guests? A: I like opera, so Maria Callas, possibly the greatest soprano of all time; I like old films so John Ford, director of The Searchers 🤠, and I like sport so Abebe Bikila – the first man to win the Olympic men’s marathon twice!

Q: Do you have a favourite ceremony – if so, which one? A: In the Craft, the Third Degree - but the Royal Order of Scotland comes a close second! #AsktheRulers #Freemasons

Q: What are your hopes for the Universities Scheme in 2021? A: My hope is that students can get back to a normal life at University, so Universities Scheme Lodges can meet as normal, & also bringing into the Scheme Lodges for Universities not yet represented. #AsktheRulers #Freemasons

Q: Describe Freemasonry in 3 words… A: Fellowship, community and fun. #AsktheRulers #Freemasons

Q: Was great to see the Grand Master make a video address recently - could all the top team (including yourself) produce one each month? Would be great to hear from you all... #AsktheRulers #Freemasons

A: We do videos to everyone when there is something to say. I have done many calls and videos with Lodges and groups of Lodges around the world, and have found the mood amongst Freemasons everywhere commendably buoyant. #AsktheRulers #Freemasons

Q: In what year did you become a Freemason? A: Initiated in 1975 – the year of Bohemian Rhapsody and the first episode of Fawlty Towers – into Argonauts Lodge No. 2243, a rowing Lodge meeting in the old library in the Lloyds (insurance) building in London.

Q: As the situation with the pandemic improves and normality returns, some lodges will face difficulties in getting back to normal. Will UGLE have a plan to support struggling lodges when we come out of the pandemic? #AsktheRulers #Freemasons

Q: Would UGLE ever authorise a travelling warrant to be used throughout England and Wales (with Provincial permission) as existed for Military Lodges of old? #AsktheRulers #Freemasons

Q: Given the ongoing Lockdown restrictions, and growing backlog of elections etc, when will we be able to conduct virtual business meetings or virtual LOIs (with constraints)? #AsktheRulers #Freemasons

That's a wrap! Thank you for submitting your questions to the Assistant Grand Master Sir David Wootton! We'll see you next month for the next instalment of #AsktheRulers 👋 #Freemasons

I hope you enjoyed my #AsktheRulers Q&A with United Grand Lodge of England! I will be retweeting it shortly. #Freemasons

We encourage our members to join the national effort to help vaccinate the nation 💉 Efforts to vaccinate those most at risk are paramount & there is a need to ensure that the NHS has as many volunteers as possible. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/UGLEVaccVolunt… #Freemasons

We join together tonight to remember a national hero. Captain Sir Tom Moore, an inspiration to us all. #TimetoToast 🍻 #Freemasons