TALK - "Malmesbury During The Lifetime of Thomas Hobbes" THOMAS HOBBES FESTIVAL 2026 at the Old Bell Hotel £10 per ticket
"Tony McAleavy is a local historian who has undertaken in-depth research into the Hobbes family in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. He will tell the story of the childhood of Hobbes in Elizabethan Malmesbury and the later connections between Hobbes as an adult and his home town. He will identify linkages between the politics of the town during his childhood and the later political theorising of Hobbes.
Please arrive at 7pm for the illustrated talk which will start at 7.30pm in the Garden Room of the 13th century Old Bell Hotel, Abbey Row, Malmesbury SN16 0BW. There will be a hotel bar available in the Garden Room. Tickets are £10 each and are available to purchase online via Malmesbury Town Council’s website here or go to www.malmesbury.gov.uk/what-s-on/community-events and search for Hobbes. Tickets may also be purchased from the counter of the Tourist Information Centre at Malmesbury Town Hall.
Parking can be limited in Malmesbury, so if you are visiting, we suggest you consider parking either in the Cross Hayes Car Park SN16 9BZ in the centre of Malmesbury in front of the Town Hall, or in the Long Stay Car Park SN16 9JT. The latter accesses the Town from behind Malmesbury Abbey which is next to The Old Bell Hotel, up a fairly long set of steps, so you might wish to drop off passengers in town before parking.
