Historic guided walks around Malmesbury are back in full swing. Next opportunity is this Thursday afternoon at 2.30pm. Tickets from the Tourist Information Centre, then meet outside Malmesbury Town Hall. #history #wiltshire #cotswolds

Our next Tea Time Talk is next Wednesday, 20th May in the Rausing Building, Malmesbury. Napoleon after Waterloo & Lock of his Hair in our Museum Click for details and to book online... www.athelstanmuseum.org.uk/event/napole... #history #events #Napoleon #skystorians #19thCent

@museumwales. Congratulations on splendid Gwen John exhibition. So lovely to seeing her being recognised. Wonderfully curated, recommend a visit

‘It was 50 years ago today….’

Happy St George’s day

Malmesbury honours royal connection with Norwegian town swindonlink.com/news/malmesb...

Some photos from the 1st international conference on Thomas Hobbes held in Malmesbury, Hobbes's hometown. We are already working on the 2nd conference, to be held in Malmesbury in April 2027. Photos by Bingshu Zhao.

Just unearthed the bill for our modest wedding reception in April 1976. £88.65 for 20 guests! Have booked to have dinner there to celebrate our anniversary and sure the bill for 2 will be more than that!

This week we have seen the absolute best and worst of the USA

Spring is sprung in Malmesbury

repost for #TilesOnTuesday These beauties from Malmesbury Abbey - click to see more from Malmesbury Abbey in the thread or catch the episode here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0a9...

Favourite beach in the whole world

Today one Russian newspaper writes of a world leader who has “made a mistake as old as the world. It’s a feature of personalistic regimes. He comes to believe in his own genius & takes a decision in a narrow circle of trusted persons...the blitzkrieg didn’t work.” #ReadingRussia

#MedievalMonday & a chance to explore the quite incredible Malmesbury Abbey definitely needs a 🧵👇

I went to the cinema to watch the Peaky Blinders movie because I am a stereotypical British man. Then I dusted off the the ol’ byline and wrote about it for the website cnet dot com!

'Wynflaed's Will', the earliest surviving woman's will in British history, made in the 940s. Its bequests include tapestries, jewelry, bedclothes and books for her daughter Æthelflæd. Cotton Ch VIII 38 searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-...

A year ago Cotswold Archaeology were digging in the garden of Malmesbury URC in looking for the home of Thomas Hobbes. On 28th March, CA will display the finds from the dig and give an illustrated talk as part of the Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury festival. Full details and tickets below.

"Not since the first world war has there been anything approaching the quality and quantity of work by poets who are also combatants. Civil society has reciprocated, with packed-out poetry readings in bomb shelters"@hughgaroberts.bsky.social on #Ukraine war poets theconversation.com/lines-from-t...

I’m an Ambassador for this brilliant charity, Bookbanks, giving away books with food parcels at food banks. There are two part-time jobs going for Regional Leads in London and East Anglia. Link below. Please share far and wide :)

Peter Mandelson is responsible for such a long litany of scandals he was probably one of the factors FOR a vetting process in the first place. In fact the first question of any govt vetting process should be 'Are you or have you ever been Peter Mandelson?'

Gorgeous snowdrops, zoom in for the robin

-14c in Washington DC according to son, 45c in Adelaide according to friend. Maybe not so bad in Malmesbury after all

what happens when we go from thousands of satellites to tens of thousands? we don't know, but it could all go wrong in a hurry. new from Joe Supan at the website cnet dot com:

Please note that our children’s History Club workshops have moved to Sundays. Here are the details of the next one this Sunday. #History #children #whatson #Malmesbury #historyofcinema

The clue was: Grandson of Alfred the Great who reigned from 925 to 939 as the First King of all England. (A) (We could discuss the start date, but close enough that a few more than 1 should have got it, surely.)

Look who is an answer on Pointless this evening! #Athelstan Lowest score on the board with 1 point. Shame on you all (or at least 99 of the 100 people surveyed)

👇 Latest from Wiltshire Daniel's Well in Malmesbury is to be preserved for generations to come. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr57v1lz39po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

Just been to the cinema (an increasingly rare event) to see ‘Hamnet’, so disappointed. Usual problems, too dark, camera not on person talking and mumbling actors. Managed to hear about 10 per cent. Glad I had read the book

We are looking forward to presenting this event, in conjunction with Malmesbury #Athelstan1100 and Wessex Week.

His father’s son

#dailyScreensaver The Murray Mouth

I’ll start, @athelstanmuseum.bsky.social

Event coming up soon- Lace Making Workshop 23rd October - 2 sessions - 10.30 to 12.30 & 1.30 to 3.30 Rausing Building, Malmesbury. Tickets not required (£5 donation requested) ages 5-95 (under 16s to be accompanied by an adult) #crafts #workshop #localhistory

.. was reburied in about 1130. That is somewhere in the grounds of the 12thC monastery precinct, an area that extends across most of the top third of the present town. So we don’t know where he is precisely. We just know he is here somewhere!

In 15 years #Æthelstan united the English for the first time. Yet many of the facts about the Anglo-Saxon king remain elusive. ⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...

Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury… #thomashobbes

@athelstanmuseum.bsky.social this would look good on our walls @holburnemuseumbath.bsky.social exhibition of Turner and his contemporaries

First blackberry and apple crumble of the season

Swanage seaside, Blue Pool, Compton Acres gardens, who needs ‘abroad’?

Go ‘Little Women’ !

On This Day, 25th June 1016, a few miles west of Malmesbury, the Battle of Sherston began (lasting into 26th June). Edmund Ironside defeated a combined force of Danish and Saxon supporters of Cnut. #OTD #11thC #saxons #danes

Coming soon from the Athelstan Museum, a chance for the children to come along and learn about one of our most famous Malmesbury celebrities. #Eilmer #FlyingMonk #childrensclub #workshop #Wiltshire

We have an extensive collection of images from Malmesbury available to view in the Athelstan Museum. Some of them can be found on our website, like this one of Malmesbury Abbey porch from an 1806 print. #history #19thC #architecture www.athelstanmuseum.org.uk/our-collecti...

Word of the day, from Pennsylvanian Dutch, is ‘ferhoodled’, meaning ‘tangled’ or ‘all mixed up’. Can be used of anything from a sock drawer to life.

Copies of the 17th century Ogilby map of the route from Oxford to Bristol are now on sale in the Museum Shop. #MuseumShops #17thC #KingCharlesII To learn more about the significance of this map to Malmesbury have a look at the Roads page of our website. www.athelstanmuseum.org.uk/malmesbury-h...

Come and see the Malmesbury Coin Hoard at the Athelstan Museum. Find out more about the discovery here. #Coins #Roman #4thC #History www.athelstanmuseum.org.uk/our-collecti...