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.
Anyone old enough to remember this? #molepatrol #bandai
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Anyone old enough to remember this? #molepatrol #bandai
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.
Some (I think Templar?) effigies with the faces removed in Laon cathedral.
October 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Some (I think Templar?) effigies with the faces removed in Laon cathedral.
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.
Oh you definitely can. They are two of my son’s three favourite things.
September 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Oh you definitely can. They are two of my son’s three favourite things.
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 😂.
Some other highlights - Noah’s arc, pilgrim tokens, St James as a pilgrim and a very early record of goldsmiths marks.
May 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Some other highlights - Noah’s arc, pilgrim tokens, St James as a pilgrim and a very early record of goldsmiths marks.
On the subject of Notre Dame - the reopened Cathedral is beautiful.
May 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
On the subject of Notre Dame - the reopened Cathedral is beautiful.
I particularly like these heads of Judean kings dating from 1220 and found in Notre Dame during a renovation (not the recent one). You can see that they were originally painted and would have looked rather real!
May 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I particularly like these heads of Judean kings dating from 1220 and found in Notre Dame during a renovation (not the recent one). You can see that they were originally painted and would have looked rather real!
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!