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Fredi Teale

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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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So much the same here!

21.01.2026 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I sang at a wedding in there once, in the 80s.

02.01.2026 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you see me here before the end of this year, tell me to go away and finish my book chapter.

11.12.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pesky cat

11.12.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know!

11.12.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently there was an opera rendition of the Box of Delights in Wimborne yesterday. So annoyed to have missed it!

11.12.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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

10.12.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bought Thirteen Storeys. Cat using it as a pillow. We have a hostage situation. @jonnysims.bsky.social

08.12.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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.

06.12.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently my thesis is now public, so there’s a thing.

eprints.soton.ac.uk/483448/1/The...

28.11.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Both my car and my computer have died beyond repair. How…. helpful.

22.11.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anyone old enough to remember this? #molepatrol #bandai

15.11.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good breakdown of probably the most famous thing to survive from Reading Abbey.

14.11.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The oldest surviving song in English is not what I expected
YouTube video by James Hargreaves Guitar The oldest surviving song in English is not what I expected

youtube.com/watch?v=UPeS...

14.11.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Any anglo-norman people here who might be willing to help with a short translation?

12.11.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

10.11.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Imposter syndrome hitting hard today. Is it possible to be good at more than one thing? Am I good at anything?

09.11.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Crypt?!

09.11.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why do black dogs look like dogs, but black cats look like the void in reality where a cat has been removed?

09.11.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why would they need to find out?

06.11.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Probably the best thing I have ever seen, and I go to everything.

06.11.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today’s section of the Via Francigena. One day I will do a more joined up attempt!

28.10.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A day of Etruscan tombs and bats

26.10.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great use of peacock feathers to create more biblically accurate angels.

26.10.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Entirely unintentional disaster stop in the Jura, which happens to be the most Studio Ghibli place I’ve ever been.

23.10.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some (I think Templar?) effigies with the faces removed in Laon cathedral.

19.10.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quick trip to Laon to see the fantastic gothic cathedral and 12th C Templar chapel.

19.10.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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