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Fredi Teale

@fteale.bsky.social
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Singing teacher/vocal coach with history PhD trying to find time to write. Trustee of the Allen Lane Foundation. Interested in abbeys, archaeology, mythology and music. I also have a lot of cats and children.

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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Cooking: Good when I can be bothered Whistle: All the time. Literally ALL THE TIME Draw: Nope Paint: Also nope Swim: Drowning in a line English: what? Dance: Never Sing: It’s my job so, yes Drive: More than I would like Gifting: Sporadic Write: Touchy subject Guitar: Absolutely not Speaking: Sure
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is exactly the conclusion I came to.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@tealcartoons.bsky.social my 10 year old is attempting to imitate your art style from Plague Busters. By drawing in his copy of it.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Vivobarefoot walking boots. You might need to go a size up.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This weekend I have taken trains from Dorset to London to Sheffield, back to London and then back to Dorchester and every single one was delayed and one so full we weren’t allowed on and had to wait 90 mins for the next one.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I am ridiculously tired but best wishes to all those at Leeds IMC this week. At this time of year I do miss my PhD days (years).
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
@jonnysims.bsky.social thoroughly enjoyed Statement Begins yesterday, had I had more time and presence of mind I would have said how much I love your novels. You write female characters so well.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
He was allowed to use computers to write his GCSE and A level exams so was fine once in secondary school.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Absolutely! My son is hyper-mobile and his thumbs used to dislocate after 5 mins of holding a pen. His big toes would dislocate when he kicked a football. One of his classmates dislocated his thumb and was in a cast and didn’t have to write for several weeks… double standards.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
And stricter enforcement of cycle lanes. All too often cars are parked in them rendering them more dangerous than nothing at all.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Settle a disagreement for me: does a pilgrimage count if you cycle the route instead of walk?
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Today has been a lot.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Currently reading Pandora’s Jar by @nataliehaynes.bsky.social. By a considerable margin the funniest and snarkiest book I have ever read.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Odd. In every household I know it’s the men constantly turning the heating on/up while the women prefer it at 16.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
So much the same here!
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
I sang at a wedding in there once, in the 80s.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
If you see me here before the end of this year, tell me to go away and finish my book chapter.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Pesky cat
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I know!
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Apparently there was an opera rendition of the Box of Delights in Wimborne yesterday. So annoyed to have missed it!
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Only 2 of my top 27 most listened to songs of 2025 are not from Epic the musical, and those 2 are backing tracks I use for work. #epicthemusical
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Bought Thirteen Storeys. Cat using it as a pillow. We have a hostage situation. @jonnysims.bsky.social
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
OMG I cannot deal with AI customer service, just give me a phone number and let me speak to a real human being or I will boycott your company.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Apparently my thesis is now public, so there’s a thing. eprints.soton.ac.uk/483448/1/The...
eprints.soton.ac.uk
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Both my car and my computer have died beyond repair. How…. helpful.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Anyone old enough to remember this? #molepatrol #bandai
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Good breakdown of probably the most famous thing to survive from Reading Abbey.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
youtube.com/watch?v=UPeS...
youtube.com
The oldest surviving song in English is not what I expected
YouTube video by James Hargreaves Guitar
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Any anglo-norman people here who might be willing to help with a short translation?
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Imposter syndrome hitting hard today. Is it possible to be good at more than one thing? Am I good at anything?
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Crypt?!
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Why do black dogs look like dogs, but black cats look like the void in reality where a cat has been removed?
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Why would they need to find out?
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Probably the best thing I have ever seen, and I go to everything.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Today’s section of the Via Francigena. One day I will do a more joined up attempt!
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
A day of Etruscan tombs and bats
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Great use of peacock feathers to create more biblically accurate angels.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Entirely unintentional disaster stop in the Jura, which happens to be the most Studio Ghibli place I’ve ever been.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Some (I think Templar?) effigies with the faces removed in Laon cathedral.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Quick trip to Laon to see the fantastic gothic cathedral and 12th C Templar chapel.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Taken by me in 1994
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Beautiful rainbow ring around the sun yesterday evening. As seen from Portesham hill.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
What is always missing from these discussions is how much the arts contribute to the economy, and also the soft power they project for a country.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Having help with my timetables.
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Stop eating tinsel, you malevolent little gargoyle!
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Fredi Teale @fteale.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
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.
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