Freemasonry, politics, the press and transparency | Letters

Readers respond to Guardian articles about Freemasons’ lodges for MPs and journalistsThe existence of two Freemasons’ lodges associated with staff and journalists based at the Palace of Westminster, New Welcome Lodge No 5139 and Gallery Lodge No 1928, has been widely known for many years (Secret Freemasons’ lodges for MPs and journalists revealed, 5 February). Both lodges have Wikipedia entries and have published histories. They do not meet at Westminster, but at Freemasons&rsq