Fredi Teale
@fteale.bsky.social
Singing teacher/vocal coach with history PhD trying to find time to write. Trustee of the Allen Lane Foundation. Interested in abbeys, archaeology and music. I also have a lot of cats and children.
Both my car and my computer have died beyond repair. How…. helpful.
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Both my car and my computer have died beyond repair. How…. helpful.
Anyone old enough to remember this? #molepatrol #bandai
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Anyone old enough to remember this? #molepatrol #bandai
Any anglo-norman people here who might be willing to help with a short translation?
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Any anglo-norman people here who might be willing to help with a short translation?
Discussing children’s tv in the 80s with my husband, he said it was all so cold and bleak. It turns out he lived in a house with no central heating for the majority of the 80s.
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Discussing children’s tv in the 80s with my husband, he said it was all so cold and bleak. It turns out he lived in a house with no central heating for the majority of the 80s.
Imposter syndrome hitting hard today. Is it possible to be good at more than one thing? Am I good at anything?
November 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Imposter syndrome hitting hard today. Is it possible to be good at more than one thing? Am I good at anything?
Why do black dogs look like dogs, but black cats look like the void in reality where a cat has been removed?
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Why do black dogs look like dogs, but black cats look like the void in reality where a cat has been removed?
Today’s section of the Via Francigena. One day I will do a more joined up attempt!
October 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Today’s section of the Via Francigena. One day I will do a more joined up attempt!
A day of Etruscan tombs and bats
October 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A day of Etruscan tombs and bats
Great use of peacock feathers to create more biblically accurate angels.
October 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Great use of peacock feathers to create more biblically accurate angels.
Entirely unintentional disaster stop in the Jura, which happens to be the most Studio Ghibli place I’ve ever been.
October 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Entirely unintentional disaster stop in the Jura, which happens to be the most Studio Ghibli place I’ve ever been.
Quick trip to Laon to see the fantastic gothic cathedral and 12th C Templar chapel.
October 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Quick trip to Laon to see the fantastic gothic cathedral and 12th C Templar chapel.
Beautiful rainbow ring around the sun yesterday evening. As seen from Portesham hill.
October 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Beautiful rainbow ring around the sun yesterday evening. As seen from Portesham hill.
Having help with my timetables.
October 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Having help with my timetables.
I suppose it’s one way to organise a library, but not super usable unless you happen to know the colour of the cover of the book you are looking for.
September 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I suppose it’s one way to organise a library, but not super usable unless you happen to know the colour of the cover of the book you are looking for.
Verne High Angle Battery and the most hilariously succinct map of the Napoleonic Wars ever.
September 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Verne High Angle Battery and the most hilariously succinct map of the Napoleonic Wars ever.
Continuing my exploration of Rusty Quill after finishing The Magnus Archives. I highly recommend Outliers for fellow lovers of Medieval and Early Modern historical fiction, and am currently half way through Cry Havoc, Ask Questions Later, tying in neatly with my recent Roman reading history.
September 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Continuing my exploration of Rusty Quill after finishing The Magnus Archives. I highly recommend Outliers for fellow lovers of Medieval and Early Modern historical fiction, and am currently half way through Cry Havoc, Ask Questions Later, tying in neatly with my recent Roman reading history.
@rustyquill.com having come to it very late I want to thank you for The Magnus Archives. I broke my foot in July and have been laid up unable to do much and listened to the entire TMA in 10 days when I would have otherwise been going insane with boredom. May have caused a different insanity though.
August 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
@rustyquill.com having come to it very late I want to thank you for The Magnus Archives. I broke my foot in July and have been laid up unable to do much and listened to the entire TMA in 10 days when I would have otherwise been going insane with boredom. May have caused a different insanity though.
So much fun at Dorset Medieval Archery this afternoon. I really recommend it to any medievalists out there. We got to shoot a knight. Pulling arrows out of a wooden shield is quite hard and a helmet even harder 😂.
June 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
So much fun at Dorset Medieval Archery this afternoon. I really recommend it to any medievalists out there. We got to shoot a knight. Pulling arrows out of a wooden shield is quite hard and a helmet even harder 😂.
Having spent the afternoon at the Musée de Cluny I wanted to post something thoughtful about each picture, but I’m too tired so I’m going to photo-dump instead!
May 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Having spent the afternoon at the Musée de Cluny I wanted to post something thoughtful about each picture, but I’m too tired so I’m going to photo-dump instead!
Does anyone have a suggestion for the best English edition of the Homeric Hymns?
May 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Does anyone have a suggestion for the best English edition of the Homeric Hymns?
I can’t help wondering what the correlation is between those organising VE day celebrations this week and those who voted for Reform last week.
May 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I can’t help wondering what the correlation is between those organising VE day celebrations this week and those who voted for Reform last week.
